diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 253a76931..1df1bd8de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -180,32 +180,32 @@ jobs:
 
 
 
-  amazonlinux-2:
-    name: Amazon 2
+  amazonlinux-2023:
+    name: Amazon 2023
     if: github.event_name == 'push' || needs.collect-changed-files.outputs.run-tests == 'true'
     uses: ./.github/workflows/test-linux.yml
     needs:
       - lint
       - generate-actions-workflow
     with:
-      distro-slug: amazonlinux-2
-      display-name: Amazon 2
-      container-slug: amazonlinux-2
+      distro-slug: amazonlinux-2023
+      display-name: Amazon 2023
+      container-slug: amazonlinux-2023
       timeout: 20
       instances: '["stable-3006", "onedir-3006", "stable-3006-8", "stable-3007", "onedir-3007", "stable-3007-1", "latest", "default"]'
 
 
-  amazonlinux-2023:
-    name: Amazon 2023
+  debian-11:
+    name: Debian 11
     if: github.event_name == 'push' || needs.collect-changed-files.outputs.run-tests == 'true'
     uses: ./.github/workflows/test-linux.yml
     needs:
       - lint
       - generate-actions-workflow
     with:
-      distro-slug: amazonlinux-2023
-      display-name: Amazon 2023
-      container-slug: amazonlinux-2023
+      distro-slug: debian-11
+      display-name: Debian 11
+      container-slug: debian-11
       timeout: 20
       instances: '["stable-3006", "onedir-3006", "stable-3006-8", "stable-3007", "onedir-3007", "stable-3007-1", "latest", "default"]'
 
@@ -225,6 +225,21 @@ jobs:
       instances: '["stable-3007", "git-3007", "onedir-3007", "stable-3007-1", "git-master", "latest", "default"]'
 
 
+  debian-13:
+    name: Debian 13
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' || needs.collect-changed-files.outputs.run-tests == 'true'
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/test-linux.yml
+    needs:
+      - lint
+      - generate-actions-workflow
+    with:
+      distro-slug: debian-13
+      display-name: Debian 13
+      container-slug: debian-13
+      timeout: 20
+      instances: '["stable-3006", "git-3006", "onedir-3006", "stable-3006-8", "stable-3007", "onedir-3007", "stable-3007-1", "latest", "default"]'
+
+
   photon-5:
     name: Photon OS 5
     if: github.event_name == 'push' || needs.collect-changed-files.outputs.run-tests == 'true'
@@ -297,9 +312,10 @@ jobs:
       - macos-13
       - macos-14
       - windows-2022
-      - amazonlinux-2
       - amazonlinux-2023
+      - debian-11
       - debian-12
+      - debian-13
       - photon-5
       - rockylinux-8
       - rockylinux-9
diff --git a/.github/workflows/templates/generate.py b/.github/workflows/templates/generate.py
index 3a4ae7125..78f1d8216 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/templates/generate.py
+++ b/.github/workflows/templates/generate.py
@@ -6,18 +6,16 @@
 
 os.chdir(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
 
-# only test against current containers with systemd
-# will add these when they become available with systemd
-#    "debian-11",
-#    "debian-13",
+#    "amazonlinux-2",
 #    "fedora-40",
 #    "photon-4",
 #    "ubuntu-2004",
 #    "ubuntu-2404",
 LINUX_DISTROS = [
-    "amazonlinux-2",
     "amazonlinux-2023",
+    "debian-11",
     "debian-12",
+    "debian-13",
     "photon-5",
     "rockylinux-8",
     "rockylinux-9",
@@ -34,44 +32,38 @@
     "macos-14",
 ]
 
-# only test against current containers with systemd
-# will add these when they become available with systemd
-#    "debian-11",
-#    "debian-13",
+#    "amazonlinux-2",
 #    "fedora-40",
 #    "photon-4",
 #    "ubuntu-2004",
 #    "ubuntu-2404",
 STABLE_DISTROS = [
-    "amazonlinux-2",
     "amazonlinux-2023",
+    "debian-11",
     "debian-12",
+    "debian-13",
     "photon-5",
     "rockylinux-8",
     "rockylinux-9",
     "ubuntu-2204",
 ]
 
-# only test against current containers with systemd
-# will add these when they become available with systemd
-#    "debian-11",
-#    "debian-13",
+#    "amazonlinux-2",
 #    "fedora-40",
 #    "photon-4",
 #    "ubuntu-2004",
 #    "ubuntu-2404",
 ONEDIR_DISTROS = [
-    "amazonlinux-2",
     "amazonlinux-2023",
+    "debian-11",
     "debian-12",
+    "debian-13",
     "photon-5",
     "rockylinux-8",
     "rockylinux-9",
     "ubuntu-2204",
 ]
 
-# only test against current containers with systemd
-# will add these when they become available with systemd
 #    "amazonlinux-2",
 #    "amazonlinux-2023",
 #    "photon-4",
@@ -216,19 +208,6 @@
     "windows-2022": "Windows 2022",
 }
 
-##    "amazonlinux-2": "systemd-amazonlinux-2",
-##    "amazonlinux-2023": "systemd-amazonlinux-2023",
-##    "debian-11": "systemd-debian-11",
-##    "debian-12": "systemd-debian-12",
-##    "debian-13": "systemd-debian-13",
-##    "fedora-40": "systemd-fedora-40",
-##    "photon-4": "systemd-photon-4",
-##    "photon-5": "systemd-photon-5",
-##    "rockylinux-8": "systemd-rockylinux-8",
-##    "rockylinux-9": "systemd-rockylinux-9",
-##    "ubuntu-2004": "systemd-ubuntu-20.04",
-##    "ubuntu-2204": "systemd-ubuntu-22.04",
-##    "ubuntu-2404": "systemd-ubuntu-24.04",
 CONTAINER_SLUG_NAMES = {
     "amazonlinux-2": "amazonlinux-2",
     "amazonlinux-2023": "amazonlinux-2023",
diff --git a/bootstrap-salt.sh b/bootstrap-salt.sh
index 17646579b..bd29313b8 100755
--- a/bootstrap-salt.sh
+++ b/bootstrap-salt.sh
@@ -2468,12 +2468,6 @@ __check_services_systemd() {
     servicename=$1
     echodebug "Checking if service ${servicename} is enabled"
 
-    ## DGM
-    if [ "${DISTRO_NAME_L}" = "amazon_linux_ami" ] && [ "${DISTRO_VERSION}" = "2" ]; then
-        echoinfo "DGM skipping the is-enabled test on AMZN2, since command 'systemctl is-enabled salt-minion' is generating error msg 'Failed to get D-Bus connection: No such file or directory' on AMZN2 container"
-        return 0
-    fi
-
     if [ "$(systemctl is-enabled "${servicename}")" = "enabled" ]; then
         echodebug "Service ${servicename} is enabled"
         return 0
@@ -3195,11 +3189,8 @@ install_ubuntu_git_deps() {
         __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} util-linux-extra"
     fi
 
-    # Additionally install procps and pciutils which allows for Docker bootstraps. See 366#issuecomment-39666813
-    __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} procps pciutils"
-
-    # ensure sudo installed
-    __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} sudo"
+    # Additionally install procps pciutils and sudo which allows for Docker bootstraps. See 366#issuecomment-39666813
+    __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} procps pciutils sudo"
 
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     __apt_get_install_noinput ${__PACKAGES} || return 1
@@ -3598,15 +3589,12 @@ install_debian_onedir_deps() {
         return 1
     fi
 
-    # Additionally install procps and pciutils which allows for Docker bootstraps. See 366#issuecomment-39666813
-    __PACKAGES='procps pciutils'
+    # Additionally install procps,  pciutils and sudo which allows for Docker bootstraps. See 366#issuecomment-39666813
+    __PACKAGES='procps pciutils sudo'
 
     # YAML module is used for generating custom master/minion configs
     __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} python${PY_PKG_VER}-yaml"
 
-    # ensure sudo installed
-    __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} sudo"
-
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     __apt_get_install_noinput ${__PACKAGES} || return 1
 
@@ -3649,11 +3637,8 @@ install_debian_git_deps() {
     __PACKAGES="python${PY_PKG_VER}-dev python${PY_PKG_VER}-pip python${PY_PKG_VER}-setuptools gcc"
     echodebug "install_debian_git_deps() Installing ${__PACKAGES}"
 
-    # Additionally install procps and pciutils which allows for Docker bootstraps. See 366#issuecomment-39666813
-    __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} procps pciutils"
-
-    # ensure sudo installed
-    __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} sudo"
+    # Additionally install procps,  pciutils and sudo which allows for Docker bootstraps. See 366#issuecomment-39666813
+    __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} procps pciutils sudo"
 
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     __apt_get_install_noinput ${__PACKAGES} || return 1
@@ -3953,14 +3938,11 @@ install_fedora_deps() {
     __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} dnf-utils libyaml procps-ng python${PY_PKG_VER}-crypto python${PY_PKG_VER}-jinja2"
     __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} python${PY_PKG_VER}-msgpack python${PY_PKG_VER}-requests python${PY_PKG_VER}-zmq"
     __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} python${PY_PKG_VER}-pip python${PY_PKG_VER}-m2crypto python${PY_PKG_VER}-pyyaml"
-    __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} python${PY_PKG_VER}-systemd"
+    __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} python${PY_PKG_VER}-systemd sudo"
     if [ "${_EXTRA_PACKAGES}" != "" ]; then
         echoinfo "Installing the following extra packages as requested: ${_EXTRA_PACKAGES}"
     fi
 
-    # ensure sudo installed
-    __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} sudo"
-
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     __dnf_install_noinput ${__PACKAGES} ${_EXTRA_PACKAGES} || return 1
 
@@ -3991,10 +3973,7 @@ install_fedora_git_deps() {
     # shellcheck disable=SC2119
     __git_clone_and_checkout || return 1
 
-    __PACKAGES="python${PY_PKG_VER}-devel python${PY_PKG_VER}-pip python${PY_PKG_VER}-setuptools gcc gcc-c++"
-
-    # ensure sudo installed
-    __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} sudo"
+    __PACKAGES="python${PY_PKG_VER}-devel python${PY_PKG_VER}-pip python${PY_PKG_VER}-setuptools gcc gcc-c++ sudo"
 
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     __dnf_install_noinput ${__PACKAGES} || return 1
@@ -4123,10 +4102,7 @@ install_fedora_onedir_deps() {
         __install_saltstack_fedora_onedir_repository || return 1
     fi
 
-    __PACKAGES="dnf-utils chkconfig procps-ng"
-
-    # ensure sudo installed
-    __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} sudo"
+    __PACKAGES="dnf-utils chkconfig procps-ng sudo"
 
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     __yum_install_noinput ${__PACKAGES} || return 1
@@ -4286,10 +4262,7 @@ install_centos_stable_deps() {
         __install_saltstack_rhel_onedir_repository || return 1
     fi
 
-    __PACKAGES="yum-utils chkconfig procps-ng findutils"
-
-    # ensure sudo installed
-    __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} sudo"
+    __PACKAGES="yum-utils chkconfig procps-ng findutils sudo"
 
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     __yum_install_noinput ${__PACKAGES} || return 1
@@ -4335,9 +4308,6 @@ install_centos_stable() {
         __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} salt-api$MINOR_VER_STRG"
     fi
 
-    # ensure sudo installed
-    __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} sudo"
-
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     yum makecache || return 1
     __yum_install_noinput ${__PACKAGES} || return 1
@@ -4416,10 +4386,7 @@ install_centos_git_deps() {
         return 1
     fi
 
-    __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} python${PY_PKG_VER}-devel python${PY_PKG_VER}-pip python${PY_PKG_VER}-setuptools gcc"
-
-    # ensure sudo installed
-    __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} sudo"
+    __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} python${PY_PKG_VER}-devel python${PY_PKG_VER}-pip python${PY_PKG_VER}-setuptools gcc sudo"
 
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     __yum_install_noinput ${__PACKAGES} || return 1
@@ -4515,10 +4482,7 @@ install_centos_onedir_deps() {
         __install_saltstack_rhel_onedir_repository || return 1
     fi
 
-    __PACKAGES="yum-utils chkconfig procps-ng findutils"
-
-    # ensure sudo installed
-    __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} sudo"
+    __PACKAGES="yum-utils chkconfig procps-ng findutils sudo"
 
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     __yum_install_noinput ${__PACKAGES} || return 1
@@ -5619,10 +5583,7 @@ install_amazon_linux_ami_2_git_deps() {
     # shellcheck disable=SC2119
     __git_clone_and_checkout || return 1
 
-    __PACKAGES="python${PY_PKG_VER}-pip python${PY_PKG_VER}-setuptools python${PY_PKG_VER}-devel gcc"
-
-    # ensure sudo installed
-    __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} sudo"
+    __PACKAGES="python${PY_PKG_VER}-pip python${PY_PKG_VER}-setuptools python${PY_PKG_VER}-devel gcc sudo"
 
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     __yum_install_noinput ${__PACKAGES} || return 1
@@ -5644,10 +5605,7 @@ install_amazon_linux_ami_2_deps() {
 
     # We need to install yum-utils before doing anything else when installing on
     # Amazon Linux ECS-optimized images. See issue #974.
-    __PACKAGES="yum-utils"
-
-    # ensure sudo installed
-    __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} sudo"
+    __PACKAGES="yum-utils sudo"
 
     __yum_install_noinput ${__PACKAGES}
 
@@ -5737,10 +5695,7 @@ install_amazon_linux_ami_2_onedir_deps() {
 
     # We need to install yum-utils before doing anything else when installing on
     # Amazon Linux ECS-optimized images. See issue #974.
-    __PACKAGES="yum-utils chkconfig procps-ng findutils"
-
-    # ensure sudo installed
-    __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} sudo"
+    __PACKAGES="yum-utils chkconfig procps-ng findutils sudo"
 
     __yum_install_noinput ${__PACKAGES}
 
@@ -5897,10 +5852,7 @@ install_amazon_linux_ami_2023_git_deps() {
     # shellcheck disable=SC2119
     __git_clone_and_checkout || return 1
 
-    __PACKAGES="python${PY_PKG_VER}-pip python${PY_PKG_VER}-setuptools python${PY_PKG_VER}-devel gcc"
-
-    # ensure sudo installed
-    __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} sudo"
+    __PACKAGES="python${PY_PKG_VER}-pip python${PY_PKG_VER}-setuptools python${PY_PKG_VER}-devel gcc sudo"
 
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     __yum_install_noinput ${__PACKAGES} || return 1
@@ -5925,10 +5877,7 @@ install_amazon_linux_ami_2023_onedir_deps() {
 
     # We need to install yum-utils before doing anything else when installing on
     # Amazon Linux ECS-optimized images. See issue #974.
-    __PACKAGES="yum-utils chkconfig procps-ng findutils"
-
-    # ensure sudo installed
-    __PACKAGES="${__PACKAGES} sudo"
+    __PACKAGES="yum-utils chkconfig procps-ng findutils sudo"
 
     __yum_install_noinput ${__PACKAGES}
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_installation.py b/tests/integration/test_installation.py
index 993f24b0e..94a9d416e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_installation.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_installation.py
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ def run_salt_call(cmd):
             result = subprocess.run(cmdl, capture_output=True, text=True)
         except TypeError:
             result = subprocess.run(
-                cmdl, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, universal_newlines=True
+                cmdl,
+                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+                universal_newlines=True,
             )
         print(f"DGM run_salt_call result '{result}'", flush=True)
         if 0 == result.returncode: