diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/base/pre-install.d/03-baseline-tools b/diskimage_builder/elements/base/pre-install.d/03-baseline-tools
index 8dac83ed8..a34c48ae1 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/base/pre-install.d/03-baseline-tools
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/base/pre-install.d/03-baseline-tools
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ case $DISTRO_NAME in
         # need something like it, create a wrapper in dpkg/bin and fedora/bin.
         apt-get -y update
         install-packages apt-transport-https
-        if ! [[ $DIB_RELEASE =~ ^(testing|trixie|unstable) ]]; then
+        if ! [[ $DIB_RELEASE =~ ^(testing|trixie|unstable|stable) ]]; then
             install-packages software-properties-common
         fi
         ;;
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/cloud-init/post-install.d/20-enable-cloud-init b/diskimage_builder/elements/cloud-init/post-install.d/20-enable-cloud-init
index f943b880b..394635892 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/cloud-init/post-install.d/20-enable-cloud-init
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/cloud-init/post-install.d/20-enable-cloud-init
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if [[ "${DIB_INIT_SYSTEM}" == "systemd" ]]; then
     systemctl enable cloud-config.service
     systemctl enable cloud-final.service
     systemctl enable cloud-init-local.service
-    if ! [[ $DIB_RELEASE =~ ^(testing|trixie|unstable) ]]; then
+    if ! [[ $DIB_RELEASE =~ ^(testing|trixie|unstable|stable) ]]; then
         systemctl enable cloud-init.service
     else
         systemctl enable cloud-init-main.service