diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/build_jobs.py b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/build_jobs.py
index b1869cbbf9c1..8d2e0a4806b7 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/build_jobs.py
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/build_jobs.py
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ def generate_misc():
                    kops_version="https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci.txt",
                    kops_channel="alpha",
                    extra_flags=[
-                       "--image=137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.2.20230920.1-kernel-6.1-x86_64" # pylint: disable=line-too-long
+                       "--image=137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.2.20230920.1-kernel-6.1-x86_64", # pylint: disable=line-too-long
                        "--set=spec.nodeProblemDetector.enabled=true",
                        "--set=spec.packages=nfs-utils",
                    ],
@@ -916,7 +916,8 @@ def generate_misc():
                    kops_channel="alpha",
                    build_cluster="k8s-infra-prow-build",
                    extra_flags=[
-                       "--image=137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.2.20230920.1-kernel-6.1-x86_64"
+                       "--image=137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.2.20230920.1-kernel-6.1-x86_64",
+                       "--set=spec.packages=nfs-utils",
                    ],
                    focus_regex=r'\[Slow\]',
                    skip_regex=r'\[Driver:.gcepd\]|\[Serial\]|\[Disruptive\]|\[Flaky\]|\[Feature:.+\]', # pylint: disable=line-too-long
diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-misc2.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-misc2.yaml
index 24e1fab222f9..987a1dcdeaef 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-misc2.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-misc2.yaml
@@ -2128,7 +2128,7 @@ periodics:
     testgrid-days-of-results: '35'
     testgrid-tab-name: ci-kubernetes-e2e-cos-gce-canary
 
-# {"cloud": "aws", "distro": "al2023", "extra_flags": "--image=137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.2.20230920.1-kernel-6.1-x86_64--set=spec.nodeProblemDetector.enabled=true --set=spec.packages=nfs-utils --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery", "k8s_version": "ci", "kops_channel": "alpha", "kops_version": "latest", "networking": "kubenet"}
+# {"cloud": "aws", "distro": "al2023", "extra_flags": "--image=137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.2.20230920.1-kernel-6.1-x86_64 --set=spec.nodeProblemDetector.enabled=true --set=spec.packages=nfs-utils --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery", "k8s_version": "ci", "kops_channel": "alpha", "kops_version": "latest", "networking": "kubenet"}
 - name: e2e-ci-kubernetes-e2e-al2023-aws-canary
   cron: '33 2-23/3 * * *'
   labels:
@@ -2158,7 +2158,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--channel=alpha --networking=kubenet --image=137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.2.20230920.1-kernel-6.1-x86_64--set=spec.nodeProblemDetector.enabled=true --set=spec.packages=nfs-utils --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--channel=alpha --networking=kubenet --image=137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.2.20230920.1-kernel-6.1-x86_64 --set=spec.nodeProblemDetector.enabled=true --set=spec.packages=nfs-utils --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-release-dev/ci/latest.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -2186,7 +2186,7 @@ periodics:
   annotations:
     test.kops.k8s.io/cloud: aws
     test.kops.k8s.io/distro: al2023
-    test.kops.k8s.io/extra_flags: --image=137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.2.20230920.1-kernel-6.1-x86_64--set=spec.nodeProblemDetector.enabled=true --set=spec.packages=nfs-utils --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery
+    test.kops.k8s.io/extra_flags: --image=137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.2.20230920.1-kernel-6.1-x86_64 --set=spec.nodeProblemDetector.enabled=true --set=spec.packages=nfs-utils --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery
     test.kops.k8s.io/k8s_version: ci
     test.kops.k8s.io/kops_channel: alpha
     test.kops.k8s.io/kops_version: latest
@@ -2263,7 +2263,7 @@ periodics:
     testgrid-days-of-results: '47'
     testgrid-tab-name: ci-kubernetes-e2e-cos-gce-slow-canary
 
-# {"cloud": "aws", "distro": "al2023", "extra_flags": "--image=137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.2.20230920.1-kernel-6.1-x86_64 --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery", "k8s_version": "ci", "kops_channel": "alpha", "kops_version": "latest", "networking": "kubenet"}
+# {"cloud": "aws", "distro": "al2023", "extra_flags": "--image=137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.2.20230920.1-kernel-6.1-x86_64 --set=spec.packages=nfs-utils --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery", "k8s_version": "ci", "kops_channel": "alpha", "kops_version": "latest", "networking": "kubenet"}
 - name: e2e-ci-kubernetes-e2e-al2023-aws-slow-canary
   cron: '22 2-23/4 * * *'
   labels:
@@ -2293,7 +2293,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--channel=alpha --networking=kubenet --image=137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.2.20230920.1-kernel-6.1-x86_64 --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--channel=alpha --networking=kubenet --image=137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.2.20230920.1-kernel-6.1-x86_64 --set=spec.packages=nfs-utils --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-release-dev/ci/latest.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -2322,7 +2322,7 @@ periodics:
   annotations:
     test.kops.k8s.io/cloud: aws
     test.kops.k8s.io/distro: al2023
-    test.kops.k8s.io/extra_flags: --image=137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.2.20230920.1-kernel-6.1-x86_64 --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery
+    test.kops.k8s.io/extra_flags: --image=137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.2.20230920.1-kernel-6.1-x86_64 --set=spec.packages=nfs-utils --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery
     test.kops.k8s.io/k8s_version: ci
     test.kops.k8s.io/kops_channel: alpha
     test.kops.k8s.io/kops_version: latest