diff --git a/.bootc-dev-infra-commit.txt b/.bootc-dev-infra-commit.txt
index 2b9d780..6716161 100644
--- a/.bootc-dev-infra-commit.txt
+++ b/.bootc-dev-infra-commit.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6e1ebf7ec65fa194adf29d96dac8fb83a80b791a
+81ea4256bec2b09cbfe95a1cbf8669003866dba1
diff --git a/.github/actions/bootc-ubuntu-setup/action.yml b/.github/actions/bootc-ubuntu-setup/action.yml
index 8221efd..ad39f78 100644
--- a/.github/actions/bootc-ubuntu-setup/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/bootc-ubuntu-setup/action.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ runs:
       run: |
         set -xeuo pipefail
         export BCVK_VERSION=0.9.0
-        /bin/time -f '%E %C' sudo apt install -y libkrb5-dev pkg-config libvirt-dev genisoimage qemu-utils qemu-kvm virtiofsd libvirt-daemon-system
+        # see https://github.com/bootc-dev/bcvk/issues/176
+        /bin/time -f '%E %C' sudo apt install -y libkrb5-dev pkg-config libvirt-dev genisoimage qemu-utils qemu-kvm virtiofsd libvirt-daemon-system python3-virt-firmware
         # Something in the stack is overriding this, but we want session right now for bcvk
         echo LIBVIRT_DEFAULT_URI=qemu:///session >> $GITHUB_ENV
         td=$(mktemp -d)