diff --git a/examples/deployment/kubernetes/mysql/image/Dockerfile b/examples/deployment/kubernetes/mysql/image/Dockerfile
index 8cdbd75947..4b1137fdff 100644
--- a/examples/deployment/kubernetes/mysql/image/Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/deployment/kubernetes/mysql/image/Dockerfile
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@
 
 FROM ubuntu:jammy
 
+# Patch the OS-level packages and remove unneeded dependencies.
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get -y upgrade \
+    && apt-get -y autoremove \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 # add our user and group first to make sure their IDs get assigned
 # consistently, regardless of whatever dependencies get added
 RUN groupadd -r mysql && useradd -r -g mysql mysql