diff --git a/ci/testimage.yml b/ci/testimage.yml
index 0ffaaa2d..a26dcaf9 100644
--- a/ci/testimage.yml
+++ b/ci/testimage.yml
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ local_conf_header:
     TEST_RUNQEMUPARAMS = "slirp"
     TEST_SERVER_IP = "127.0.0.1"
     QEMU_USE_SLIRP = "1"
-  packages: |
+  sshd: |
     IMAGE_FEATURES:append = " ssh-server-dropbear"