diff --git a/changelog/bugfixes/2024-02-08-airgapped-updates.md b/changelog/bugfixes/2024-02-08-airgapped-updates.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be418c9229
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/bugfixes/2024-02-08-airgapped-updates.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Added a workaround for old airgapped/proxied update-engine clients to be able to update to this release ([Flatcar#1332](https://github.com/flatcar/Flatcar/issues/1332), [update_engine#38](https://github.com/flatcar/update_engine/pull/38))
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-9999.ebuild
index 89e2ab0dee..48cb9e4a5c 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-9999.ebuild
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CROS_WORKON_REPO="https://github.com"
 if [[ "${PV}" == 9999 ]]; then
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~x86"
 else
-	CROS_WORKON_COMMIT="367f1fd96cdf9d7f7f281ca132d02813be123d01" # flatcar-master
+	CROS_WORKON_COMMIT="f627c4def9ff42cc6bf4b04cf211e11a42b34f31" # flatcar-master
 	KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
 fi