diff --git a/contrib/images/digitalocean/in_parts/012-dokku-packages b/contrib/images/digitalocean/in_parts/012-dokku-packages
index 28a08db6d..30d29d7f1 100755
--- a/contrib/images/digitalocean/in_parts/012-dokku-packages
+++ b/contrib/images/digitalocean/in_parts/012-dokku-packages
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pkgs=(apache2-utils
   curl
   man-db
 
-  netcat
+  netcat-traditional
   net-tools
 
   parallel