diff --git a/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.lock b/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.lock
index 903465d495..e1c794294b 100644
--- a/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.lock
@@ -1382,6 +1382,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "seccompiler",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "shim-interface",
  "slog",
  "slog-scope",
  "thiserror",
@@ -2188,6 +2189,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "safe-path",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "shim-interface",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2717,6 +2719,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "logging",
  "oci",
  "persist",
+ "shim-interface",
  "slog",
  "slog-scope",
  "tokio",
@@ -2913,6 +2916,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "shim-interface"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "hyper",
+ "hyperlocal",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook-registry"
 version = "1.4.0"