diff --git a/docker/neutron/neutron-base/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/neutron/neutron-base/Dockerfile.j2
index 81a43b6fa7..e59c985cee 100644
--- a/docker/neutron/neutron-base/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/neutron/neutron-base/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ LABEL maintainer="{{ maintainer }}" name="{{ image_name }}" build-date="{{ build
             'haproxy',
             'iproute-tc',
             'ipset',
-            'iptables',
             'iputils',
             'keepalived',
             'net-tools',
@@ -67,6 +66,16 @@ LABEL maintainer="{{ maintainer }}" name="{{ image_name }}" build-date="{{ build
             'uuid'
         ] %}
 
+        {% if base_distro == "centos" and base_distro_tag.startswith('stream8') %}
+            {% set neutron_base_packages = neutron_base_packages + [
+                'iptables-1.8.4*'
+            ] %}
+        {% else %}
+            {% set neutron_base_packages = neutron_base_packages + [
+                'iptables'
+            ] %}
+        {% endif %}
+
     {% elif base_package_type == 'deb' %}
 
         {% set neutron_base_packages = [