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 4a862654a2..597fbb85b3 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
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 
 # Keep versions on both arches in sync.
 =dev-cpp/glog-0.6.0 ~arm64
+=dev-lang/perl-5.40.0 ~arm64
 =dev-lang/python-3.11.9_p2 ~amd64
 
 # Accept unstable host Rust compilers.