diff --git a/dist/debian/control.template b/dist/debian/control.template
index 276b9fa6c4..a574e4ae94 100644
--- a/dist/debian/control.template
+++ b/dist/debian/control.template
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Breaks: scylla-enterprise-conf (<< 2025.1.0~)
 
 Package: %{product}-server
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, %{product}-conf (= ${binary:Version}), %{product}-python3 (= ${binary:Version})
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, %{product}-conf (= ${binary:Version}), %{product}-python3 (= ${binary:Version}), procps
 Replaces: %{product}-tools (<<5.5), scylla-enterprise-tools (<< 2024.2.0~), scylla-enterprise-server (<< 2025.1.0~)
 Breaks: %{product}-tools (<<5.5), scylla-enterprise-tools (<< 2024.2.0~), scylla-enterprise-server (<< 2025.1.0~)
 Description: Scylla database server binaries
diff --git a/dist/docker/redhat/build_docker.sh b/dist/docker/redhat/build_docker.sh
index 8786a7d106..5c1a307fda 100755
--- a/dist/docker/redhat/build_docker.sh
+++ b/dist/docker/redhat/build_docker.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ bcp LICENSE-ScyllaDB-Source-Available.md /licenses/
 
 run microdnf clean all
 run microdnf --setopt=tsflags=nodocs -y update
-run microdnf --setopt=tsflags=nodocs -y install hostname python3 python3-pip kmod
+run microdnf --setopt=tsflags=nodocs -y install hostname kmod procps-ng python3 python3-pip
 run microdnf clean all
 run pip3 install --no-cache-dir --prefix /usr supervisor
 run bash -ec "echo LANG=C.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf"
diff --git a/dist/redhat/scylla.spec b/dist/redhat/scylla.spec
index 7849cdfa94..0a4d8549f3 100644
--- a/dist/redhat/scylla.spec
+++ b/dist/redhat/scylla.spec
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ Group:          Applications/Databases
 Summary:        The Scylla database server
 Requires:       %{product}-conf = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       %{product}-python3 = %{version}-%{release}
+Requires:       procps-ng
 AutoReqProv:    no
 Provides:       %{product}-tools:%{_bindir}/nodetool
 Provides:       %{product}-tools:%{_sysconfigdir}/bash_completion.d/nodetool-completion