diff --git a/linux/ubuntu/scripts/basic.sh b/linux/ubuntu/scripts/basic.sh
index 085939e..b56a838 100755
--- a/linux/ubuntu/scripts/basic.sh
+++ b/linux/ubuntu/scripts/basic.sh
@@ -5,12 +5,21 @@
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 # source: https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/blob/5ae2170ebe90a53e1cdc9c507ed3e0f1471d6b66/images/linux/scripts/helpers/install.sh
 
+. /etc/os-release
+
 apt-get update
 # lib32z1 is not available for arm64 remove it via jq
 case "$(uname -m)" in
   'x86_64') common_packages_filter="" ;;
   *) common_packages_filter="del(.apt.common_packages[] | select(. == \"lib32z1\"))" ;;
 esac
+case "${VERSION_ID}" in
+  '24.04')
+    jq '.apt.cmd_packages |= map(if . == "netcat" then "netcat-openbsd" else . end)' "/imagegeneration/toolset.json" > "/tmp/toolset.new.json" \
+      && mv "/tmp/toolset.new.json" "/imagegeneration/toolset.json"
+    ;;
+  *) ;;
+esac
 common_packages=$(jq -r "$common_packages_filter .apt.common_packages[]" "/imagegeneration/toolset.json")
 cmd_packages=$(jq -r ".apt.cmd_packages[]" "/imagegeneration/toolset.json")
 # we depend on re-splitting behaviour here