diff --git a/helpers/DATA/mate-user-admin/add-cracklib-runtime-as-dependency.patch b/helpers/DATA/mate-user-admin/add-cracklib-runtime-as-dependency.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbf54ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/DATA/mate-user-admin/add-cracklib-runtime-as-dependency.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Fixes https://gitlab.trisquel.org/trisquel/package-helpers/-/issues/148
+
+diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
+index 3297b1c..37ff49a 100644
+--- a/debian/control
++++ b/debian/control
+@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Depends: ${shlibs:Depends},
+          accountsservice,
+          group-service,
+          mate-desktop-common,
++         cracklib-runtime,
+ Description: MATE User Manager
+  User and group management utility suitable for lightweight desktop
+  environments such as MATE or Xfce.
diff --git a/helpers/make-mate-user-admin b/helpers/make-mate-user-admin
index e06dc34..d990f66 100644
--- a/helpers/make-mate-user-admin
+++ b/helpers/make-mate-user-admin
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
 #    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
 #
 
-VERSION=0
-EXTERNAL='deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian bookworm main'
-REPOKEY=6ED0E7B82643E131
-BUILD_UNTIL=11.0
+VERSION=1
+EXTERNAL='deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main universe'
 
 . ./config
 
+# Add cracklib-runtime dependency to debian/control
+patch --no-backup-if-mismatch -p1 < $DATA/add-cracklib-runtime-as-dependency.patch
 
-changelog "Imported into Trisquel Aramo"
+changelog "Imported into Trisquel Aramo | Added cracklib-runtime dependency."
 
 package