diff --git a/common.yaml b/common.yaml
index 29e8b915..b544953c 100644
--- a/common.yaml
+++ b/common.yaml
@@ -298,9 +298,8 @@ packages-aarch64:
   - irqbalance
 
 packages-s390x:
-  # Required for IBM Secure Execution
-  # Pinned due to https://github.com/openshift/os/issues/1731
-  - s390utils-base-2.33.1-2.el9
+  # Required genprotimg for IBM Secure Execution
+  - s390utils-base
 
 remove-from-packages:
   - - filesystem
diff --git a/manifest-rhel-9.6.yaml b/manifest-rhel-9.6.yaml
index 59b4dda6..21cc71da 100644
--- a/manifest-rhel-9.6.yaml
+++ b/manifest-rhel-9.6.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ variables:
 # Include manifests common to all RHEL and CentOS Stream versions
 include:
   - common.yaml
+  - overrides-rhel-9.6.yaml
 
 repos:
   - rhel-9.6-baseos
diff --git a/overrides-rhel-9.6.yaml b/overrides-rhel-9.6.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6849a684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overrides-rhel-9.6.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# This is a poor man's version of an override lockfile for rhel-9.6. When needed
+# we gather any overrides NEVRs here to keep them in one place. When not needed,
+# empty or comment out this file (except this comment).
+
+#packages:
+
+packages-s390x:
+  # https://github.com/openshift/os/issues/1731
+  - s390utils-base-2.33.1-2.el9