diff --git a/pkg/distro/fedora/package_sets.go b/pkg/distro/fedora/package_sets.go
index c257e440e9..7a111162fd 100644
--- a/pkg/distro/fedora/package_sets.go
+++ b/pkg/distro/fedora/package_sets.go
@@ -182,13 +182,14 @@ func iotCommitPackageSet(t *imageType) rpmmd.PackageSet {
 				"podman-plugins", // deprecated in podman 5
 			},
 		})
-	} else {
-		ps = ps.Append(rpmmd.PackageSet{
-			Include: []string{
-				"bootupd", // added in F40+
-			},
-		})
 	}
+	if common.VersionLessThan(t.arch.distro.osVersion, "41") {
+                ps = ps.Append(rpmmd.PackageSet{
+                        Include: []string{
+                                "bootupd", // Added in F41+
+                        },
+                })
+        }
 
 	return ps
 }