diff --git a/de/heat-templates/scripts/instance_boot.sh b/de/heat-templates/scripts/instance_boot.sh
index 43cfa06..765aee7 100644
--- a/de/heat-templates/scripts/instance_boot.sh
+++ b/de/heat-templates/scripts/instance_boot.sh
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 function install_required_packages {
     function install_retry {
         apt update
-        export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive; apt install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common jq unzip atop iptables-persistent
+        export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive; apt install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common jq unzip atop iptables-persistent socat
     }
     retry 10 "Failed to install required packages" install_retry
 }