diff --git a/kube-fluentd-operator.yaml b/kube-fluentd-operator.yaml
index 680490eae63..f3cd114078e 100644
--- a/kube-fluentd-operator.yaml
+++ b/kube-fluentd-operator.yaml
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 package:
   name: kube-fluentd-operator
   version: 1.17.4
-  epoch: 2
-  description: foo
+  epoch: 3
+  description: Auto-configuration of Fluentd daemon-set based on Kubernetes metadata
   copyright:
     - license: MIT
   dependencies:
     runtime:
       - jemalloc
       - ruby-3.2
+      - libsystemd
+      - busybox
 
 environment:
   contents:
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ environment:
       - go
       # - shadow
 
+# https://github.com/javiercri/fluent-plugin-google-cloud/commit/619c813c265d51f4dd0b1cada3a07e615b47cdde
 vars:
   FLUENT_PLUGIN_GOOGLE_CLOUD_COMMIT: "619c813c265d51f4dd0b1cada3a07e615b47cdde"
 
@@ -99,16 +102,21 @@ subpackages:
     pipeline:
       - runs: |
           mkdir -p ${{targets.subpkgdir}}/fluentd/etc
-          mkdir -p ${{targets.subpkgdir}}/etc/fluent/templates
-          mkdir -p ${{targets.subpkgdir}}/usr/bin
+          mkdir -p ${{targets.subpkgdir}}/bin
           mkdir -p ${{targets.subpkgdir}}/usr/local/bundle/bin
+          mkdir -p ${{targets.subpkgdir}}/usr/lib/gem
 
           ln -sf /var/lib/kube-fluentd-operator/initdb/entrypoint.sh ${{targets.subpkgdir}}/fluentd/entrypoint.sh
           ln -sf /etc/fluent/fluent.conf ${{targets.subpkgdir}}/fluentd/failsafe.conf
           ln -sf /etc/fluent/plugin ${{targets.subpkgdir}}/fluentd/plugins
-          ln -sf /templates ${{targets.subpkgdir}}/etc/fluent/templates
-          ln -sf /bin/config-reloader ${{targets.subpkgdir}}/usr/bin/config-reloader
-          ln -sf $(ruby -e "puts File.join(Gem.default_dir, RbConfig::CONFIG['ruby_version'], 'bin', 'fluentd')") ${{targets.subpkgdir}}/usr/local/bundle/bin/fluentd
+          ln -sf /etc/fluent/plugin ${{targets.subpkgdir}}/fluentd/log
+          ln -sf /etc/fluent/templates ${{targets.subpkgdir}}/templates
+          ln -sf /usr/bin/config-reloader ${{targets.subpkgdir}}/bin/config-reloader
+          ln -sf $(ruby -e "puts File.join(Gem.default_dir, 'ruby', RbConfig::CONFIG['ruby_version'], 'bin', 'fluentd')") ${{targets.subpkgdir}}/usr/local/bundle/bin/fluentd
+
+          # this should probably live in the ruby-3.2 package but not sure if we need to do it in a way that multiple ruby versions can coexist
+          # TODO JR to followup
+          ln -sf $(ruby -e "puts File.join(Gem.default_dir, 'ruby', RbConfig::CONFIG['ruby_version'])") ${{targets.subpkgdir}}/usr/lib/gem/home
 
 update:
   enabled: true