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diff --git a/sources/settings-defaults/metal-k8s-1.30/defaults.d/21-public-bootstrap-containers.toml b/sources/settings-defaults/metal-k8s-1.30/defaults.d/21-public-bootstrap-containers.toml
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+[metadata.settings.bootstrap-containers.setting-generator]
+command = "bootstrap-containers render-source  --requires 'aws@v1(helpers=[ecr-prefix])' --template '{{ ecr-prefix settings.aws.region }}/bottlerocket-bootstrap:v0.1.0'"
+strength = "weak"
+skip-if-populated = false
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+[metadata.settings.bootstrap-containers.setting-generator]
+command = "bootstrap-containers render-source --template 'public.ecr.aws/bottlerocket/bottlerocket-bootstrap:v0.1.0'"
+strength = "weak"
+skip-if-populated = false