diff --git a/build/components/versions.yml b/build/components/versions.yml
index b045b68341..74fb184558 100644
--- a/build/components/versions.yml
+++ b/build/components/versions.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ firmware:
   libvirt: v10.9.0
   edk2: stable202411
 core:
-  3p-kubevirt: v1.6.2-v12n.12
+  3p-kubevirt: v1.6.2-v12n.13
   3p-containerized-data-importer: v1.60.3-v12n.16
   distribution: 2.8.3
 package:
diff --git a/images/virt-artifact/werf.inc.yaml b/images/virt-artifact/werf.inc.yaml
index 3aea0aca59..45e1112e8d 100644
--- a/images/virt-artifact/werf.inc.yaml
+++ b/images/virt-artifact/werf.inc.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 image: {{ .ModuleNamePrefix }}{{ .ImageName }}-src-artifact
 final: false
 fromImage: builder/src
-fromCacheVersion: "hotplug-42" # TODO: remove this
 secrets:
 - id: SOURCE_REPO
   value: {{ $.SOURCE_REPO }}
@@ -207,3 +206,8 @@ shell:
     {{- $_ := set $ "ProjectName" (list $.ImageName "virtctl" | join "/") }}
     - |
     {{- include "image-build.build" (set $ "BuildCommand" `go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o /kubevirt-binaries/virtctl ./cmd/virtctl/`) | nindent 6 }}
+
+    - echo ============== Build virt-launcher-hook ===============
+    {{- $_ := set $ "ProjectName" (list $.ImageName "virt-launcher-hook" | join "/") }}
+    - |
+    {{- include "image-build.build" (set $ "BuildCommand" `go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o /kubevirt-binaries/virt-launcher-hook ./cmd/virt-launcher-hook/`) | nindent 6 }}
diff --git a/images/virt-launcher/werf.inc.yaml b/images/virt-launcher/werf.inc.yaml
index e88a8199d3..130d960d2e 100644
--- a/images/virt-launcher/werf.inc.yaml
+++ b/images/virt-launcher/werf.inc.yaml
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ import:
   - virt-launcher-monitor
   - virt-probe
   - virt-tail
+- image: {{ .ModuleNamePrefix }}virt-artifact
+  add: /kubevirt-binaries/virt-launcher-hook
+  to: /relocate/etc/libvirt/hooks/qemu
+  before: setup
 - image: {{ .ModuleNamePrefix }}{{ .ImageName }}-gobuilder
   add: /binaries
   to: /usr/bin