diff --git a/tier-0/bootupd.yaml b/tier-0/bootupd.yaml
index 7d3ebf3..2423367 100644
--- a/tier-0/bootupd.yaml
+++ b/tier-0/bootupd.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,5 @@ postprocess:
   - |
     #!/bin/bash
     set -xeuo pipefail
-    # Until we have https://github.com/coreos/rpm-ostree/pull/2275
-    mkdir -p /run
     # Transforms /usr/lib/ostree-boot into a bootupd-compatible update payload
     /usr/bin/bootupctl backend generate-update-metadata
diff --git a/tier-0/manifest.yaml b/tier-0/manifest.yaml
index 46b6277..877ae18 100644
--- a/tier-0/manifest.yaml
+++ b/tier-0/manifest.yaml
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ include:
   - basic-fixes.yaml
 
 packages:
+  # this is implied by dependencies but let's make it explicit
+  - coreutils
   # needed for building derived container images
   - dnf5
   # Even in tier-0, we have this.  If you don't want SELinux today, you'll need
diff --git a/tier-x/manifest.yaml b/tier-x/manifest.yaml
index dc8ee4d..8b316f5 100644
--- a/tier-x/manifest.yaml
+++ b/tier-x/manifest.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ packages:
   # crun recommends but doesn't require criu and criu-libs. We want them for
   # checkpoint/restore. https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker/issues/1370
   - criu criu-libs
+  # deps of bootc, but let's be explicit. e.g. even if bootc drops the skopeo
+  # dep, we still want it
+  - podman skopeo
   # storage
   - cryptsetup
   - lvm2