diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 963ee539b..dd5e6718c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ### Changed
 
+- changed microdnf configuration to not install weak dependencies by adding `install_weak_deps=0` ([#533])
 - ubi8-rust-builder: bump ubi8-minimal image to latest 8.9 ([#514]).
 - stackable-base: bump ubi8-minimal image to latest 8.9 ([#514]).
 - ubi8-rust-builder: bump rust toolchain to `1.75.0` ([#542], [#517]).
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 [#547]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/547
 [#549]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/549
 [#551]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/551
+[#533]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/533
 
 ## [23.11.0] - 2023-11-30
 
diff --git a/hbase/Dockerfile b/hbase/Dockerfile
index 67095cbeb..250fa2118 100644
--- a/hbase/Dockerfile
+++ b/hbase/Dockerfile
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ RUN microdnf update && \
     gettext \
     git \
     gzip \
+    # diff is required by maven during the build of hbase \
+    # Cannot run program "diff" (in directory "/stackable/hbase-2.4.12-src/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-check-invariants"
+    diffutils \
     maven \
     tar \
     zip && \
diff --git a/omid/Dockerfile b/omid/Dockerfile
index 680f7bdb8..8d266954c 100644
--- a/omid/Dockerfile
+++ b/omid/Dockerfile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ RUN microdnf update && \
     maven \
     # Required to unpack Omid tarball
     tar \
+    gzip \
     # Required by log4shell mitigation script
     zip && \
     microdnf clean all