diff --git a/dev-tools/packaging/packages.yml b/dev-tools/packaging/packages.yml
index c0dc436f034..21ab4c844ce 100644
--- a/dev-tools/packaging/packages.yml
+++ b/dev-tools/packaging/packages.yml
@@ -620,6 +620,7 @@ shared:
     extra_vars:
       image_name: '{{.BeatName}}-ubi8'
       from: 'docker.elastic.co/ubi8/ubi-minimal'
+    variants: ["complete"]
 
   - &docker_arm_ubi_spec
     extra_vars:
diff --git a/dev-tools/packaging/templates/docker/Dockerfile.elastic-agent.tmpl b/dev-tools/packaging/templates/docker/Dockerfile.elastic-agent.tmpl
index 0044852b149..cf462815cb4 100644
--- a/dev-tools/packaging/templates/docker/Dockerfile.elastic-agent.tmpl
+++ b/dev-tools/packaging/templates/docker/Dockerfile.elastic-agent.tmpl
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ ENV ELASTIC_AGENT_IMAGE_VARIANT={{.Variant}}
 ENV BEAT_SETUID_AS={{ .user }}
 
 {{- if contains .from "ubi-minimal" }}
-RUN for iter in {1..10}; do microdnf update -y && microdnf install -y shadow-utils jq &&  microdnf clean all && exit_code=0 && break || exit_code=$? && echo "microdnf error: retry $iter in 10s" && sleep 10; done; (exit $exit_code)
+RUN for iter in {1..10}; do rpm -ivh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm && microdnf update -y && microdnf install -y shadow-utils jq &&  microdnf clean all && exit_code=0 && break || exit_code=$? && echo "microdnf error: retry $iter in 10s" && sleep 10; done; (exit $exit_code)
+RUN microdnf install -y jq
 {{- else }}
 # Installing jq needs to be installed after epel-release and cannot be in the same yum install command.
 RUN case $(arch) in aarch64) YUM_FLAGS="-x bind-license";; esac; \
@@ -58,7 +59,8 @@ RUN case $(arch) in aarch64) YUM_FLAGS="-x bind-license";; esac; \
     (exit $exit_code)
 {{- end }}
 
-{{- if (and (eq .Variant "complete") (not (contains .from "ubi-minimal"))) }}
+{{- if (eq .Variant "complete") }}
+{{- if (not (contains .from "ubi-minimal")) }}
 RUN for iter in {1..10}; do \
         yum -y install atk cups gtk gdk xrandr pango libXcomposite libXcursor libXdamage \
         libXext libXi libXtst cups-libs libXScrnSaver libXrandr GConf2 \
@@ -68,6 +70,16 @@ RUN for iter in {1..10}; do \
         exit_code=0 && break || exit_code=$? && echo "yum error: retry $iter in 10s" && sleep 10; \
     done; \
     (exit $exit_code)
+{{- else }}
+RUN for iter in {1..10}; do \
+        microdnf -y install atk cups xrandr pango libXcomposite libXcursor libXdamage \
+        libXext libXi libXtst cups-libs libXScrnSaver libXrandr GConf2 \
+        alsa-lib atk gtk3 findutils tar xz && \  
+        microdnf clean all && \
+        exit_code=0 && break || exit_code=$? && echo "microdnf error: retry $iter in 10s" && sleep 10; \
+    done; \
+    (exit $exit_code)
+{{- end }}
 ENV NODE_PATH={{ $beatHome }}/.node
 RUN echo \
     $NODE_PATH \
@@ -156,7 +168,7 @@ RUN mkdir /app
 {{- else }}
 RUN groupadd --gid 1000 {{ .BeatName }}
 RUN useradd -M --uid 1000 --gid 1000 --groups 0 --home {{ $beatHome }} {{ .user }}
-{{- if (and (eq .Variant "complete") (not (contains .from "ubi-minimal")))  }}
+{{- if (eq .Variant "complete") }}
 RUN chown {{ .user }} $NODE_PATH
 {{- end }}
 {{- if contains .image_name "-cloud" }}
@@ -167,7 +179,7 @@ RUN chown {{ .user }} /app
 {{- end }}
 USER {{ .user }}
 
-{{- if (and (eq .Variant "complete") (not (contains .from "ubi-minimal")))  }}
+{{- if (eq .Variant "complete")  }}
 # Setup synthetics env vars
 ENV ELASTIC_SYNTHETICS_CAPABLE=true
 ENV SUITES_DIR={{ $beatHome }}/suites