diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/overlays/stable/env_stable_conf.yaml b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/overlays/stable/env_stable_conf.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6f14f28842f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/overlays/stable/env_stable_conf.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata: 
+  name: kata-deploy
+  namespace: kube-system
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: kube-kata
+        env:
+          - name: SHIMS
+            value: "clh cloud-hypervisor dragonball fc qemu qemu-nvidia-gpu qemu-sev qemu-snp qemu-tdx"
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/overlays/stable/kustomization.yaml b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/overlays/stable/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ce7a2201715a
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+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/overlays/stable/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+bases:
+- ../../base
+
+images:
+- name: quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy
+  newTag: stable
+
+patches:
+- path: env_stable_conf.yaml