diff --git a/podman.changes b/podman.changes
index 72d4554..f6f649a 100644
--- a/podman.changes
+++ b/podman.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct 16 07:00:30 UTC 2024 - Alexandre Vicenzi <alexandre.vicenzi@suse.com>
+
+- Load ip_tables kernel module (bsc#1214612)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct 15 16:48:36 UTC 2024 - Danish Prakash <danish.prakash@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/podman.conf b/podman.conf
index b11d02a..a7dd9c2 100644
--- a/podman.conf
+++ b/podman.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Load br_netfilter module at boot
 br_netfilter
-# ip6_tables module is required if netavark is using iptables on an ipv6
-# network, which is currently the default in Tumbleweed
+# A rootless user has no permsissions to load iptables modules and these are not loaded by default.
+# netarvark defaults to iptables, but it will soon default to nftables.
+# CNI defaults to iptables.
+# If iptables is using nftables as a backend this might not be needed.
+ip_tables
 ip6_tables