diff --git a/.github/scripts/aws-packer-build.sh b/.github/scripts/aws-packer-build.sh
index 140e6d49..88b1db18 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/aws-packer-build.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/aws-packer-build.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,18 @@ sed -i "s#TEMPLATE_COSMIAN_AI_RUNNER_VERSION#$AI_RUNNER_VERSION#g" "$PACKER_FILE
 
 cat "$PACKER_FILE"
 
-packer init "$PACKER_FILE"
+plugins='https://github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-ansible.git https://github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-amazon.git'
+
+for plugin in $plugins; do
+  git clone $plugin
+  plugin_name=$(echo "$plugin" | sed -E 's#.*/([^/]+)\.git#\1#')
+  cd $plugin_name
+  go build
+  ./$plugin_name describe
+  plugin_name_short=$(echo "$plugin_name" | sed 's/.*-//')
+  packer plugins install --path $plugin_name releases.hashicorp.com/$plugin_name/$plugin_name_short
+  cd ..
+done
 
 # Since packer build fails randomly because of external resources use, retry packer build until it succeeds
 timeout 60m bash -c "until packer build $PACKER_FILE; do sleep 30; done"
diff --git a/.github/scripts/azure-packer-build.sh b/.github/scripts/azure-packer-build.sh
index 89a44e34..6df7ab48 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/azure-packer-build.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/azure-packer-build.sh
@@ -67,7 +67,18 @@ fi
 
 cat "$PACKER_FILE"
 
-packer init "$PACKER_FILE"
+plugins='https://github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-ansible.git https://github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-azure.git'
+
+for plugin in $plugins; do
+  git clone $plugin
+  plugin_name=$(echo "$plugin" | sed -E 's#.*/([^/]+)\.git#\1#')
+  cd $plugin_name
+  go build
+  ./$plugin_name describe
+  plugin_name_short=$(echo "$plugin_name" | sed 's/.*-//')
+  packer plugins install --path $plugin_name releases.hashicorp.com/$plugin_name/$plugin_name_short
+  cd ..
+done
 
 # Since packer build fails randomly because of external resources use, retry packer build until it succeeds
 timeout 60m bash -c "until packer build -force $PACKER_FILE; do sleep 30; done"
diff --git a/.github/scripts/gcp-packer-build.sh b/.github/scripts/gcp-packer-build.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index d8211aa8..0b6658c4
--- a/.github/scripts/gcp-packer-build.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/gcp-packer-build.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,18 @@ sed -i "s#TEMPLATE_COSMIAN_AI_RUNNER_VERSION#$AI_RUNNER_VERSION#g" "$PACKER_FILE
 
 cat "$PACKER_FILE"
 
-packer init "$PACKER_FILE"
+plugins='https://github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-ansible.git https://github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-googlecompute.git'
+
+for plugin in $plugins; do
+  git clone $plugin
+  plugin_name=$(echo "$plugin" | sed -E 's#.*/([^/]+)\.git#\1#')
+  cd $plugin_name
+  go build
+  ./$plugin_name describe
+  plugin_name_short=$(echo "$plugin_name" | sed 's/.*-//')
+  packer plugins install --path $plugin_name releases.hashicorp.com/$plugin_name/$plugin_name_short
+  cd ..
+done
 
 # Since packer build fails randomly because of external resources use, retry packer build until it succeeds
 timeout 60m bash -c "until packer build $PACKER_FILE; do sleep 30; done"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 4b829c57..1f13b877 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo curl -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/intel-sgx-deb.asc https://download.01.org/intel-sgx/sgx_repo/ubuntu/intel-sgx-deb.key
           echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/intel-sgx-deb.asc] https://download.01.org/intel-sgx/sgx_repo/ubuntu jammy main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/intel-sgx.list
-          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y tpm2-tools libtss2-dev libtdx-attest-dev
+          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y tpm2-tools libtss2-dev libtdx-attest-dev golang-go
 
       - name: Install Rust toolchain and components
         if: steps.cargo-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
diff --git a/packer/aws.pkr.hcl b/packer/aws.pkr.hcl
index 0847afa7..c211abf5 100644
--- a/packer/aws.pkr.hcl
+++ b/packer/aws.pkr.hcl
@@ -1,16 +1,3 @@
-packer {
-  required_plugins {
-    amazon = {
-      version = "= 1.3.0"
-      source  = "github.com/hashicorp/amazon"
-    }
-    ansible = {
-      version = "= 1.1.1"
-      source  = "github.com/hashicorp/ansible"
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 source "amazon-ebssurrogate" "TEMPLATE_DISTRIBUTION" {
   ssh_username              = "TEMPLATE_SSH_USERNAME"
   ssh_timeout               = "5m"
diff --git a/packer/azure.pkr.hcl b/packer/azure.pkr.hcl
index a6fb6015..fe1f6f04 100644
--- a/packer/azure.pkr.hcl
+++ b/packer/azure.pkr.hcl
@@ -1,16 +1,3 @@
-packer {
-  required_plugins {
-    azure = {
-      version = "= 2.1.4"
-      source  = "github.com/hashicorp/azure"
-    }
-    ansible = {
-      version = "= 1.1.1"
-      source  = "github.com/hashicorp/ansible"
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 source "azure-arm" "TEMPLATE_DISTRIBUTION" {
   ssh_username              = "packer"
   ssh_timeout               = "5m"
diff --git a/packer/gcp.pkr.hcl b/packer/gcp.pkr.hcl
index 1bf073fd..bec9f7bd 100644
--- a/packer/gcp.pkr.hcl
+++ b/packer/gcp.pkr.hcl
@@ -1,16 +1,3 @@
-packer {
-  required_plugins {
-    googlecompute = {
-      version = "= 1.1.4"
-      source  = "github.com/hashicorp/googlecompute"
-    }
-    ansible = {
-      version = "= 1.1.1"
-      source  = "github.com/hashicorp/ansible"
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 source "googlecompute" "TEMPLATE_GOOGLE_COMPUTE" {
   ssh_username              = "root"
   ssh_timeout               = "5m"