diff --git a/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/deployments/puppet/images/rpm/Dockerfile.opensuse-15 b/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/deployments/puppet/images/rpm/Dockerfile.opensuse-15
index a18426a590..a30d22289d 100644
--- a/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/deployments/puppet/images/rpm/Dockerfile.opensuse-15
+++ b/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/deployments/puppet/images/rpm/Dockerfile.opensuse-15
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ RUN rpm --import https://yum.puppet.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-puppet-20250406
 ARG PUPPET_RELEASE="6"
 RUN rpm -Uvh https://yum.puppet.com/puppet${PUPPET_RELEASE}-release-sles-15.noarch.rpm && \
     zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys -n refresh && \
-    zypper install -y puppet-agent
+    zypper install -y puppet-agent procps
 
 RUN wget -O /tmp/nodejs.tar.gz https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.20.2/node-v16.20.2-linux-x64.tar.gz && \
     mkdir -p /opt/ && \
diff --git a/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/deployments/salt/images/rpm/Dockerfile.opensuse-15 b/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/deployments/salt/images/rpm/Dockerfile.opensuse-15
index 452fc94a35..6bbbb0869b 100644
--- a/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/deployments/salt/images/rpm/Dockerfile.opensuse-15
+++ b/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/deployments/salt/images/rpm/Dockerfile.opensuse-15
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ENV container docker
 RUN sed -i 's|download.opensuse.org|provo-mirror.opensuse.org|' /etc/zypp/repos.d/*.repo
 RUN zypper -n install -l curl dbus-1 systemd-sysvinit tar wget python3-pip ca-certificates gzip
 
-RUN zypper install -y salt salt-minion salt-master
+RUN zypper install -y salt salt-minion salt-master procps
 
 RUN wget -O /tmp/nodejs.tar.gz https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.20.2/node-v16.20.2-linux-x64.tar.gz && \
     mkdir -p /opt/ && \
diff --git a/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/helpers/util.py b/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/helpers/util.py
index 1ca5e6c254..f57566e520 100644
--- a/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/helpers/util.py
+++ b/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/helpers/util.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from io import BytesIO
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Optional, Tuple 
 
 import docker
 
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ def run_distro_container(distro, arch="amd64", dockerfile=None, path=TESTS_DIR,
         container.remove(force=True, v=True)
 
 
-def run_container_cmd(container, cmd, env=None, exit_code=0, timeout=None, user='', workdir=None):
+def run_container_cmd(container, cmd, env=None, exit_code:Optional[int]=0, timeout=None, user='', workdir=None) -> Tuple[int, bytes]:
     if timeout:
         cmd = f"timeout {timeout} {cmd}"
     print(f"Running '{cmd}' ...")
@@ -181,7 +182,8 @@ def ensure_always(test, timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, interval=1):
 
 
 def service_is_running(container, service_name=SERVICE_NAME, service_owner=SERVICE_OWNER, process=OTELCOL_BIN):
-    cmd = f"sh -ec 'systemctl status {service_name} && pgrep -a -u {service_owner} -f {process}'"
+    # For some reason, opensuse-15 and sometimes rocky-8 don't set the path correctly?
+    cmd = f"""sh -ec 'systemctl status {service_name} && PATH="$PATH:/bin/" pgrep -a -u {service_owner} -f {process}'"""
     code, _ = run_container_cmd(container, cmd, exit_code=None)
     return code == 0
 
diff --git a/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/images/rpm/Dockerfile.opensuse-15 b/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/images/rpm/Dockerfile.opensuse-15
index cdeaa32fda..b0ae43b987 100644
--- a/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/images/rpm/Dockerfile.opensuse-15
+++ b/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/images/rpm/Dockerfile.opensuse-15
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@
 # `-d --privileged -v /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:ro` flags
 FROM opensuse/leap:15
 
-ENV container docker
+ENV container=docker
 
 RUN sed -i 's|download.opensuse.org|provo-mirror.opensuse.org|' /etc/zypp/repos.d/*.repo
 RUN zypper -n install -l curl dbus-1 systemd-sysvinit tar wget
+RUN zypper install -y procps
+RUN pgrep --help
+RUN echo "PATH=$PATH:/bin" >> /etc/profile
 
 RUN (cd /usr/lib/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/; for i in *; do [ $i = \
     "systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service" ] || rm -f $i; done); \
diff --git a/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/instrumentation/images/rpm/Dockerfile.opensuse-15 b/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/instrumentation/images/rpm/Dockerfile.opensuse-15
index 121c00baf5..22742d5167 100644
--- a/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/instrumentation/images/rpm/Dockerfile.opensuse-15
+++ b/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/instrumentation/images/rpm/Dockerfile.opensuse-15
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ RUN bash /opt/setup-express.sh
 
 COPY instrumentation/setup-dotnet.sh /opt
 RUN if [ "$TARGETARCH" = "amd64" ]; then \
-    zypper -n install libicu && \
+    zypper -n install libicu procps && \
     bash /opt/setup-dotnet.sh; \
     fi