diff --git a/playbooks/openstack-hosts-setup.yml b/playbooks/openstack-hosts-setup.yml
index e1bdc90fcb..3649bb338f 100644
--- a/playbooks/openstack-hosts-setup.yml
+++ b/playbooks/openstack-hosts-setup.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
       assert:
         that:
           - (ansible_facts['distribution'] == 'Debian' and ansible_facts['distribution_release'] == 'bullseye') or
+            (ansible_facts['distribution'] == 'Debian' and ansible_facts['distribution_release'] == 'bookworm') or
             (ansible_facts['distribution'] == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_facts['distribution_release'] == 'jammy') or
             (ansible_facts['os_family'] == 'RedHat' and ansible_facts['distribution_major_version'] == '9')
         msg: >
diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap-ansible.sh b/scripts/bootstrap-ansible.sh
index ef11ed0664..b662bc8e97 100755
--- a/scripts/bootstrap-ansible.sh
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap-ansible.sh
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ case ${DISTRO_ID} in
     ubuntu|debian)
         apt-get update
         DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y install \
-          git-core curl gcc netcat \
+          git-core curl gcc \
           libssl-dev libffi-dev \
           libsystemd-dev pkg-config \
           wget
diff --git a/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/tasks/check-requirements.yml b/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/tasks/check-requirements.yml
index 1123c08591..740c815428 100644
--- a/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/tasks/check-requirements.yml
+++ b/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/tasks/check-requirements.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   assert:
     that:
         (ansible_facts['distribution'] == 'Debian' and ansible_facts['distribution_release'] == 'bullseye') or
+        (ansible_facts['distribution'] == 'Debian' and ansible_facts['distribution_release'] == 'bookworm') or
         (ansible_facts['distribution'] == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_facts['distribution_release'] == 'jammy') or
         (ansible_facts['os_family'] == 'RedHat' and ansible_facts['distribution_major_version'] == '8') or
         (ansible_facts['os_family'] == 'RedHat' and ansible_facts['distribution_major_version'] == '9')