diff --git a/terraform/modules/k8s-cluster/templates/cloud-init-k8s-manager.tftpl b/terraform/modules/k8s-cluster/templates/cloud-init-k8s-manager.tftpl
index da1c70b..bc693a0 100644
--- a/terraform/modules/k8s-cluster/templates/cloud-init-k8s-manager.tftpl
+++ b/terraform/modules/k8s-cluster/templates/cloud-init-k8s-manager.tftpl
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ users:
     sudo: ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
     ssh_authorized_keys:
       - ${terraform_public_ssh_key}
+packages:
+  - linux-generic-hwe-22.04
 package_update: true
 package_upgrade: true
 package_reboot_if_required: true
diff --git a/terraform/modules/k8s-cluster/templates/cloud-init-k8s-worker.tftpl b/terraform/modules/k8s-cluster/templates/cloud-init-k8s-worker.tftpl
index 8a2b52a..dca9317 100644
--- a/terraform/modules/k8s-cluster/templates/cloud-init-k8s-worker.tftpl
+++ b/terraform/modules/k8s-cluster/templates/cloud-init-k8s-worker.tftpl
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ users:
     sudo: ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
     ssh_authorized_keys:
       - ${terraform_public_ssh_key}
+packages:
+  - linux-generic-hwe-22.04
 package_update: true
 package_upgrade: true
 package_reboot_if_required: true
diff --git a/terraform/modules/k8s-cluster/templates/scripts/install-packages.sh b/terraform/modules/k8s-cluster/templates/scripts/install-packages.sh
index 057d4ab..f6b7087 100644
--- a/terraform/modules/k8s-cluster/templates/scripts/install-packages.sh
+++ b/terraform/modules/k8s-cluster/templates/scripts/install-packages.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 apt-get -y install fail2ban
 apt-get -y install ufw
 apt-get -y install snapd
-apt-get -y install linux-generic-hwe-22.04
 
 curl https://packages.hetzner.com/hcloud/deb/hc-utils_0.0.4-1_all.deb -o /run/tmpfiles.d/hc-utils_0.0.4-1_all.deb -s
 apt-get -y install /run/tmpfiles.d/hc-utils_0.0.4-1_all.deb