diff --git a/builds/linux/almalinux-8/data/ks.pkrtpl.hcl b/builds/linux/almalinux-8/data/ks.pkrtpl.hcl
index 8062fb064..965a64361 100644
--- a/builds/linux/almalinux-8/data/ks.pkrtpl.hcl
+++ b/builds/linux/almalinux-8/data/ks.pkrtpl.hcl
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ reboot
 %end
 
 %post
-yum install -y sudo open-vm-tools perl
+sudo dnf makecache
+sudo dnf install epel-release -y
+sudo dnf makecache
+sudo dnf install -y sudo open-vm-tools perl ansible
 echo "${build_username} ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers.d/${build_username}
 sed -i "s/^.*requiretty/#Defaults requiretty/" /etc/sudoers
 %end
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diff --git a/builds/linux/centos-linux-8/data/ks.pkrtpl.hcl b/builds/linux/centos-linux-8/data/ks.pkrtpl.hcl
index 4775a1a3d..f47e3f7db 100644
--- a/builds/linux/centos-linux-8/data/ks.pkrtpl.hcl
+++ b/builds/linux/centos-linux-8/data/ks.pkrtpl.hcl
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ reboot
 %end
 
 %post
-yum install -y sudo open-vm-tools perl
+sudo dnf makecache
+sudo dnf install epel-release -y
+sudo dnf makecache
+sudo dnf install -y sudo open-vm-tools perl ansible
 echo "${build_username} ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers.d/${build_username}
 sed -i "s/^.*requiretty/#Defaults requiretty/" /etc/sudoers
 %end
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diff --git a/builds/linux/centos-stream-8/data/ks.pkrtpl.hcl b/builds/linux/centos-stream-8/data/ks.pkrtpl.hcl
index 4aa34712e..46df3f3a5 100644
--- a/builds/linux/centos-stream-8/data/ks.pkrtpl.hcl
+++ b/builds/linux/centos-stream-8/data/ks.pkrtpl.hcl
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ reboot
 %end
 
 %post
-yum install -y sudo open-vm-tools perl
+sudo dnf makecache
+sudo dnf install epel-release -y
+sudo dnf makecache
+sudo dnf install -y sudo open-vm-tools perl ansible
 echo "${build_username} ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers.d/${build_username}
 sed -i "s/^.*requiretty/#Defaults requiretty/" /etc/sudoers
 %end
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diff --git a/builds/linux/photon-4/data/ks.pkrtpl.hcl b/builds/linux/photon-4/data/ks.pkrtpl.hcl
index bf32ec5a6..4ef1723a8 100644
--- a/builds/linux/photon-4/data/ks.pkrtpl.hcl
+++ b/builds/linux/photon-4/data/ks.pkrtpl.hcl
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
     "additional_packages": [
         "sudo",
         "vim",
-        "cloud-utils"
+        "cloud-utils",
+        "ansible"
     ],
     "postinstall": [
         "#!/bin/sh",
diff --git a/builds/linux/rocky-linux-8/data/ks.pkrtpl.hcl b/builds/linux/rocky-linux-8/data/ks.pkrtpl.hcl
index 8636d2e40..e5ac5eb1e 100644
--- a/builds/linux/rocky-linux-8/data/ks.pkrtpl.hcl
+++ b/builds/linux/rocky-linux-8/data/ks.pkrtpl.hcl
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ reboot
 %end
 
 %post
-yum install -y sudo open-vm-tools perl
+sudo dnf makecache
+sudo dnf install epel-release -y
+sudo dnf makecache
+sudo dnf install -y sudo open-vm-tools perl ansible
 echo "${build_username} ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers.d/${build_username}
 sed -i "s/^.*requiretty/#Defaults requiretty/" /etc/sudoers
 %end
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