diff --git a/deploy/packaging/linux.xml b/deploy/packaging/linux.xml
index 182302d729..ea5539729a 100644
--- a/deploy/packaging/linux.xml
+++ b/deploy/packaging/linux.xml
@@ -836,6 +836,12 @@ rm -f /etc/ld.so.conf.d/mdsplus.conf 2>/dev/null
  </packages>
 
  <!-- dist first -->
+  <external_packages dist="Ubuntu24">
+   <numpy package="python3-numpy"/>
+   <java package="java-runtime"/>
+   <readline package="libreadline8"/>
+ </external_packages>
+
  <external_packages dist="Ubuntu22">
    <numpy package="python3-numpy"/>
    <java package="java-runtime"/>
@@ -848,6 +854,12 @@ rm -f /etc/ld.so.conf.d/mdsplus.conf 2&gt;/dev/null
    <readline package="libreadline8"/>
  </external_packages>
 
+ <external_packages dist="DebianBookworm">
+   <numpy package="python3-numpy"/>
+   <java package="java-runtime"/>
+   <readline package="libreadline8"/>
+ </external_packages>
+
  <external_packages dist="DebianBullseye">
    <numpy package="python3-numpy"/>
    <java package="java-runtime"/>