diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f459d2b9..725ac872 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+ubuntu-core-initramfs (69) noble; urgency=medium
+
+  * Set linux-firmware as recommended package
+
+ -- Ondrej Kubik <ondrej.kubik@canonical.com>  Fri, 02 Aug 2024 14:02:53 +0100
+
 ubuntu-core-initramfs (68) noble; urgency=medium
 
   [ Valentin David ]
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 26f8c1ef..2e60d21f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ Depends: ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, dracut-core (>= 051-1),
          zstd,
          sbsigntool,
          snapd (>= 2.50+20.04),
-         linux-firmware,
          kcapi-tools (>= 1.4.0-1ubuntu3),
          dbus,
          dmsetup,
@@ -45,6 +44,7 @@ Depends: ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, dracut-core (>= 051-1),
          tar,
          udev,
          util-linux
+Recommends: linux-firmware
 Description: standard embedded initrd
  Standard embedded initrd implementation to be used with Ubuntu Core
  systems. Currently targetting creating BLS Type2 like binaries.