diff --git a/playbooks/roles/base/unbound/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/base/unbound/tasks/main.yaml
index c3e4ad7ff6..9c76f95a13 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/base/unbound/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/base/unbound/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
     state: present
     name: unbound
 
+- name: Install dns-root-data on Noble
+  package:
+    state: present
+    name: dns-root-data
+  when: ansible_distribution == "Ubuntu" and ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 24
+
 - name: Write dhclient config files
   include_tasks: dhclient.yaml
   loop: