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 ee268a45d4..182d6dee25 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
@@ -80,8 +80,10 @@
 # Needed to address CVE-2024-54661
 =net-misc/socat-1.8.0.3 ~amd64 ~arm64
 
-# Package has not been stabilised yet.
-=sys-apps/azure-vm-utils-0.4.0 ~amd64 ~arm64
+# Package has not been stabilised yet. Nothing is using it in Gentoo,
+# so it will never be stabilized. Thus an unusual form is used to pick
+# up the latest version of the package with the unstable keywords.
+sys-apps/azure-vm-utils
 
 # Keep versions on both arches in sync.
 =sys-apps/policycoreutils-3.7 ~arm64