diff --git a/package/harvester-os/files/system/oem/99_modules.yaml b/package/harvester-os/files/system/oem/99_modules.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..afd627692
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/harvester-os/files/system/oem/99_modules.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+name: "load kernel modules"
+stages:
+  boot:
+  - name: "load dm_crypt"
+    commands:
+    - modprobe dm_crypt
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diff --git a/scripts/hack/patch-harvester-chart b/scripts/hack/patch-harvester-chart
index f870acda2..7409e4f7d 100644
--- a/scripts/hack/patch-harvester-chart
+++ b/scripts/hack/patch-harvester-chart
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 patch_harvester_chart(){
-    local kubevirt_arm_version="v1.1.0"
+    local kubevirt_arm_version="v1.2.2"
     local kubevirt_arm_registry="quay.io\/kubevirt"
     local kubevirt_amd_registry="registry.suse.com\/suse\/sles\/15.5"
     local harvester_chart_dir=$1
     local values_file="${harvester_chart_dir}/values.yaml"
     sed -ie "s/${kubevirt_amd_registry}/${kubevirt_arm_registry}/g" ${values_file}
+    # drop emulatedMachines from harvester chart
+    yq -i 'del(.kubevirt.spec.configuration.emulatedMachines)' ${values_file}
     version=${kubevirt_arm_version} yq -i '.kubevirt-operator.containers.operator.image.tag = env(version)' ${values_file}
 }
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