diff --git a/packaging/freebsd/agent-jail-bootstrap.sh b/packaging/freebsd/agent-jail-bootstrap.sh
index a87e3a1..2f9677b 100755
--- a/packaging/freebsd/agent-jail-bootstrap.sh
+++ b/packaging/freebsd/agent-jail-bootstrap.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ echo "=== Bootstrap ${JAIL_NAME} ==="
 # Runtime packages. Each is pinned to the host's installed version (the host's
 # cache supplies it), so the jail matches the host exactly. If the host is
 # missing one, fail loudly rather than pulling a different version into the jail.
-PKGS="python312 node24 npm-node24 bash curl"
+PKGS="python312 node24 npm-node24 bash curl jq"
 
 for p in ${PKGS}; do
     ver="$(pkg query '%v' "${p}" 2>/dev/null || true)"