diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 77cf23319904..b6bc6025cd95 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ cloud-init (24.3~1g6e4153b3-0ubuntu1) oracular; urgency=medium
 
   * Upstream snapshot based on upstream/main at 6e4153b3.
     - Bugs fixed in this snapshot: (LP: #2065787)
+  * d/control: Add openbsd-netcat dependency
 
- -- Alberto Contreras <alberto.contreras@canonical.com>  Fri, 19 Jul 2024 17:09:53 +0200
+ -- Brett <brett.holman@canonical.com>  Fri, 19 Jul 2024 17:09:53 +0200
 
 cloud-init (24.2~5g8c396a4b-0ubuntu1) oracular; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index c24e47cb56ea..6959af19ca0f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Architecture: all
 Depends: cloud-guest-utils | cloud-utils,
          dhcpcd-base,
          iproute2,
+         netcat-openbsd,
          netplan.io,
          procps,
          python3,