diff --git a/dev-tools/packaging/templates/docker/Dockerfile.elastic-agent.tmpl b/dev-tools/packaging/templates/docker/Dockerfile.elastic-agent.tmpl
index cc9f4ce7f4e..a7242baa73b 100644
--- a/dev-tools/packaging/templates/docker/Dockerfile.elastic-agent.tmpl
+++ b/dev-tools/packaging/templates/docker/Dockerfile.elastic-agent.tmpl
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ RUN mkdir -p {{ $beatHome }}/data {{ $beatHome }}/logs && \
 FROM {{ .from }}
 
 {{- if contains .from "ubi-minimal" }}
-# TODO Install or replace jq
 RUN for iter in {1..10}; do microdnf update -y && microdnf install -y shadow-utils &&  microdnf clean all && exit_code=0 && break || exit_code=$? && echo "microdnf error: retry $iter in 10s" && sleep 10; done; (exit $exit_code)
+RUN curl -L https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases/download/jq-1.6/jq-linux64 -o /usr/local/bin/jq && \
+    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/jq
 {{- else }}
 # Installing jq needs to be installed after epel-release and cannot be in the same yum install command.
 RUN for iter in {1..10}; do yum update --setopt=tsflags=nodocs -y && yum install --setopt=tsflags=nodocs -y epel-release &&  yum clean all && exit_code=0 && break || exit_code=$? && echo "yum error: retry $iter in 10s" && sleep 10; done; (exit $exit_code)