diff --git a/templates-updates.fif.json b/templates-updates.fif.json
index 7a53075a..0fe7efa3 100644
--- a/templates-updates.fif.json
+++ b/templates-updates.fif.json
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 {
     "Products": {
+        "fedora-updates-container-aarch64-*": {
+            "arch": "aarch64",
+            "distri": "fedora",
+            "flavor": "updates-container",
+            "settings": {},
+            "version": "*"
+        },
+        "fedora-updates-container-ppc64le-*": {
+            "arch": "ppc64le",
+            "distri": "fedora",
+            "flavor": "updates-container",
+            "settings": {},
+            "version": "*"
+        },
+        "fedora-updates-container-x86_64-*": {
+            "arch": "x86_64",
+            "distri": "fedora",
+            "flavor": "updates-container",
+            "settings": {},
+            "version": "*"
+        },
         "fedora-updates-everything-boot-iso-x86_64-*": {
             "arch": "x86_64",
             "distri": "fedora",
@@ -100,6 +121,18 @@
         }
     },
     "Profiles": {
+        "fedora-updates-container-aarch64-*-aarch64": {
+            "machine": "aarch64",
+            "product": "fedora-updates-container-aarch64-*"
+        },
+        "fedora-updates-container-ppc64le-*-ppc64le": {
+            "machine": "ppc64le",
+            "product": "fedora-updates-container-ppc64le-*"
+        },
+        "fedora-updates-container-x86_64-*-64bit": {
+            "machine": "64bit",
+            "product": "fedora-updates-container-x86_64-*"
+        },
         "fedora-updates-everything-boot-iso-x86_64-*-64bit": {
             "machine": "64bit",
             "product": "fedora-updates-everything-boot-iso-x86_64-*"
@@ -316,6 +349,20 @@
                 "USER_LOGIN": "false"
             }
         },
+        "podman": {
+            "profiles": {
+                "fedora-updates-container-aarch64-*-aarch64": 40,
+                "fedora-updates-container-ppc64le-*-ppc64le": 40,
+                "fedora-updates-container-x86_64-*-64bit": 40
+            }
+        },
+        "podman_client": {
+            "profiles": {
+                "fedora-updates-container-aarch64-*-aarch64": 40,
+                "fedora-updates-container-ppc64le-*-ppc64le": 40,
+                "fedora-updates-container-x86_64-*-64bit": 40
+            }
+        },
         "realmd_join_cockpit": {
             "profiles": {
                 "fedora-updates-server-aarch64-*-aarch64": 40,
diff --git a/tests/podman.pm b/tests/podman.pm
index f612e435..1ada05f0 100644
--- a/tests/podman.pm
+++ b/tests/podman.pm
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ use utils;
 sub run {
     my $self = shift;
     $self->root_console(tty=>3);
+    # on non-canned flavors, we need to install podman
+    assert_script_run "dnf -y install podman", 180 unless (get_var("CANNED"));
     # check podman is installed
     assert_script_run "rpm -q podman";
     # check to see if you can pull an image from the registry