diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.unmask b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.unmask
index 7ede848ca7..739c725ec0 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.unmask
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.unmask
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@
 ~dev-lang/rust-1.71.0
 ~dev-lang/rust-1.71.0
 ~virtual/rust-1.71.0
+
+# portage-stable masked catalyst-3, and has not provided a stable way to
+# update to catalyst-4 so overriding the change for now to use catalyst-3
+<dev-util/catalyst-4