diff --git a/debian/config/defines.toml b/debian/config/defines.toml
index accb049..747e6d2 100644
--- a/debian/config/defines.toml
+++ b/debian/config/defines.toml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ compiler = 'gcc-14'
 
 [relations.image]
 depends = [
-  'initramfs-tools (>= 0.120+deb8u2) | linux-initramfs-tool',
+  'initramfs-tools | linux-initramfs-tool',
 ]
 recommends = [
   'apparmor',
diff --git a/debian/templates/source.control.in b/debian/templates/source.control.in
index d7451c1..8a4cacb 100644
--- a/debian/templates/source.control.in
+++ b/debian/templates/source.control.in
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ Build-Depends-Arch:
  cpio <!pkg.linux.nokernel>,
 # used by upstream to compress kernel
  xz-utils <!pkg.linux.nokernel>,
+ bzip2 <!pkg.linux.nokernel>,
+ lzop <!pkg.linux.nokernel>,
+ zstd <!pkg.linux.nokernel>,
 # used by upstream to build genksyms, kconfig, and perf
  bison <!pkg.linux.nokernel>,
  bison <!pkg.linux.notools>,
diff --git a/debian/templates/tools-unversioned.control.in b/debian/templates/tools-unversioned.control.in
index f6a06c8..e8a08dd 100644
--- a/debian/templates/tools-unversioned.control.in
+++ b/debian/templates/tools-unversioned.control.in
@@ -66,20 +66,22 @@ Architecture: alpha amd64 arm64 armel armhf hppa i386 loong64 mips mips64 mips64
 Build-Depends:
  asciidoctor <!pkg.linux.notools !nopython>,
  gcc-multilib [amd64 mips64 mips64el mips64r6 mips64r6el ppc64 s390x sparc64] <!cross>,
+ g++-multilib [amd64 mips64 mips64el mips64r6 mips64r6el ppc64 s390x sparc64] <!cross>,
  libaudit-dev,
  libbabeltrace-dev,
  libdebuginfod-dev,
  libdw-dev,
  libnewt-dev,
  libnuma-dev,
- libopencsd-dev (>= 1.1.1),
+ libopencsd-dev,
  libperl-dev,
  libpython3-dev,
- libtraceevent-dev (>= 1:1.5),
+ libtraceevent-dev,
  libunwind-dev [amd64 arm64 armel armhf hppa i386 mips mips64 mips64el mipsel powerpc ppc64 ppc64el sh4],
  libzstd-dev,
  python3-dev:any,
  python3-setuptools,
+ systemtap-sdt-dev,
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, ${python3:Depends}
 Provides: linux-tools-@version@
 Conflicts: linux-tools-@version@
@@ -142,7 +144,7 @@ Package: rtla
 Meta-Rules-Target: rtla
 Build-Profiles: <!pkg.linux.notools !pkg.linux.mintools>
 Architecture: amd64 arm64 armhf i386 x32
-Build-Depends: libtracefs-dev (>= 1.3), libtraceevent-dev (>= 1:1.5), python3-docutils
+Build-Depends: libtracefs-dev, libtraceevent-dev, python3-docutils
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
 Section: devel
 Description: Real-Time Linux Analysis tools
diff --git a/debian/templates/tools-versioned.control.in b/debian/templates/tools-versioned.control.in
index 91e126f..1e3ba7a 100644
--- a/debian/templates/tools-versioned.control.in
+++ b/debian/templates/tools-versioned.control.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Package: linux-kbuild-@abiname@
 Meta-Rules-Target: kbuild
 Build-Profiles: <!pkg.linux.notools>
 Architecture: linux-any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, build-essential
 Multi-Arch: foreign
 Description: Kbuild infrastructure for Linux @abiname@
  This package provides the kbuild infrastructure for the headers packages for Linux kernel version @version@.