diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
index 43f0dc859a..fc335ed0ab 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
@@ -42,3 +42,7 @@
 =sys-libs/liburing-2.1-r2 ~amd64 ~arm64
 
 =app-crypt/adcli-0.9.2 ~amd64 ~arm64
+
+# update intel-microcode to latest version.
+# Also required for CVE-2022-21216, CVE-2022-33196, CVE-2022-38090
+=sys-firmware/intel-microcode-20230214_p20230212 ~amd64