diff --git a/images/build/distroless-iptables/variants.yaml b/images/build/distroless-iptables/variants.yaml
index 26ad729f096..5ef7892d732 100644
--- a/images/build/distroless-iptables/variants.yaml
+++ b/images/build/distroless-iptables/variants.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 variants:
+  distroless-bookworm-go1.23:
+    CONFIG: 'distroless-bookworm'
+    IMAGE_VERSION: 'v0.6.0'
+    BASEIMAGE: 'debian:bookworm-slim'
+    GORUNNER_VERSION: 'v2.3.1-go1.23rc1-bookworm.0'
   distroless-bookworm-go1.22:
     CONFIG: 'distroless-bookworm'
     IMAGE_VERSION: 'v0.5.6'