diff --git a/ci/ops-files/noble-warden-dns.yml b/ci/ops-files/noble-warden-dns.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6391eecb07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/ops-files/noble-warden-dns.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+- type: replace
+  path: /addons/name=bosh-dns-systemd/jobs/name=bosh-dns/properties/disable_recursors
+  value: false
+
+- type: replace
+  path: /addons/name=bosh-dns-systemd/jobs/name=bosh-dns/properties/recursors?
+  value:
+    - 169.254.169.254
diff --git a/ci/tasks/gcp/deploy-director.sh b/ci/tasks/gcp/deploy-director.sh
index 0d92646c3b..17c73c0c9f 100755
--- a/ci/tasks/gcp/deploy-director.sh
+++ b/ci/tasks/gcp/deploy-director.sh
@@ -79,3 +79,7 @@ bosh -n update-cloud-config "${REPO_PARENT}/bosh-deployment/gcp/cloud-config.yml
           --ops-file "${REPO_ROOT}/ci/ops-files/disable-ephemeral-ip.yml" \
           --vars-file "${REPO_PARENT}/network-variables.yml" \
           --vars-file "${REPO_PARENT}/director-vars.yml"
+
+bosh -n update-runtime-config "${REPO_PARENT}/bosh-deployment/runtime-configs/dns.yml" \
+          --ops-file "${REPO_ROOT}/ci/ops-files/noble-warden-dns.yml" \
+          --name dns