diff --git a/EKS_DISTRO_TAG_FILE.yaml b/EKS_DISTRO_TAG_FILE.yaml
index 4fc2fee33..23f2fb133 100644
--- a/EKS_DISTRO_TAG_FILE.yaml
+++ b/EKS_DISTRO_TAG_FILE.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ al2023:
   eks-distro-minimal-base: 2023-08-24-1692903666.2023
   eks-distro-minimal-base-nonroot: 2023-08-24-1692903666.2023
   eks-distro-minimal-base-glibc: 2023-10-04-1696446082.2023
-  eks-distro-minimal-base-iptables: null
+  eks-distro-minimal-base-iptables: 2023-10-14-1697256016.2023
   eks-distro-minimal-base-docker-client: 2023-10-04-1696446082.2023
   eks-distro-minimal-base-csi: 2023-10-04-1696446082.2023
   eks-distro-minimal-base-csi-ebs: 2023-10-04-1696446082.2023
diff --git a/eks-distro-base-updates/2023/update_packages-eks-distro-minimal-base-iptables b/eks-distro-base-updates/2023/update_packages-eks-distro-minimal-base-iptables
index fa7b87a13..8b1378917 100644
--- a/eks-distro-base-updates/2023/update_packages-eks-distro-minimal-base-iptables
+++ b/eks-distro-base-updates/2023/update_packages-eks-distro-minimal-base-iptables
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
 
-glibc.x86_64
-glibc-common.x86_64
-glibc-minimal-langpack.x86_64