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 c6f276fe7c..966eb183bb 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
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
 # Required for addressing CVE-2023-38039.
 =net-misc/curl-8.3.0 ~amd64 ~arm64
 
+# Required to allow us to override the sftp subsystem in sshd config.
+=net-misc/openssh-9.4_p1 ~amd64 ~arm64
+
 # Keep versions on both arches in sync.
 =net-nds/openldap-2.6.4-r1 ~amd64
 =sec-policy/selinux-base-2.20200818-r3 ~arm64