diff --git a/image-c9s.yaml b/image-c9s.yaml
index 5263c7cb8..5043d5f79 100644
--- a/image-c9s.yaml
+++ b/image-c9s.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # See https://github.com/coreos/coreos-assembler/pull/298
 size: 16
 
+# We default to a container image
+deploy-via-container: true
+
 # Disable networking by default on firstboot. We can drop this once cosa stops
 # defaulting to `ip=dhcp,dhcp6 rd.neednet=1` when it doesn't see this key.
 ignition-network-kcmdline: []
diff --git a/image-rhel-9.2.yaml b/image-rhel-9.2.yaml
index 17c8d9cc8..4f26660e9 100644
--- a/image-rhel-9.2.yaml
+++ b/image-rhel-9.2.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # See https://github.com/coreos/coreos-assembler/pull/298
 size: 16
 
+# We default to a container image
+deploy-via-container: true
+
 # Disable networking by default on firstboot. We can drop this once cosa stops
 # defaulting to `ip=dhcp,dhcp6 rd.neednet=1` when it doesn't see this key.
 ignition-network-kcmdline: []