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 4251f17261..756ccd8ebb 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
@@ -105,3 +105,6 @@ sys-apps/azure-vm-utils
 
 # Keep versions on both arches in sync.
 =sys-fs/lxcfs-6.0.4 ~arm64
+
+# Bump systemd v257 from SDK to base.
+=sys-apps/systemd-257.7 ~amd64 ~arm64
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/sdk/package.accept_keywords b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/sdk/package.accept_keywords
index b6f77435ee..5a492c6d65 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/sdk/package.accept_keywords
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/sdk/package.accept_keywords
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 # Temporarily put the SDK version ahead for sd-json support in Dracut.
-=sys-apps/systemd-257.7 ~amd64 ~arm64