diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.data-prepper b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.data-prepper
index f8d8f607..1159b890 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.data-prepper
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.data-prepper
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ FROM registry.bstein.dev/streaming/data-prepper@sha256:32ac6ad42e0f12da08bebee30
 
 ENV DATA_PREPPER_PATH=/usr/share/data-prepper
 
+USER root
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends bc \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 USER 10001
 WORKDIR /usr/share/data-prepper
 CMD ["bin/data-prepper"]
diff --git a/services/logging/data-prepper-helmrelease.yaml b/services/logging/data-prepper-helmrelease.yaml
index acf9a352..3c507276 100644
--- a/services/logging/data-prepper-helmrelease.yaml
+++ b/services/logging/data-prepper-helmrelease.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ spec:
     replicaCount: 1
     image:
       repository: registry.bstein.dev/streaming/data-prepper
-      tag: "2.8.0"
+      tag: "2.8.0-bc"
     imagePullSecrets:
       - name: harbor-regcred
     config: