diff --git a/roles/base/defaults/main.yml b/roles/base/defaults/main.yml
index f109c23..d0448c4 100644
--- a/roles/base/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/defaults/main.yml
@@ -6,17 +6,24 @@ base_locale_default: en_US.UTF-8
 
 base_packages:
   - apache2-utils
+  - bind9-dnsutils
+  - btop
   - cryptsetup
   - curl
-  - dnsutils
+  - debsecan
   - hashdeep
   - htop
   - jq
   - kpartx
   - ncdu
+  - pv
+  - pwgen
   - rsync
   - screen
   - strace
+  - tcpdump
+  - tmux
+  - trash-cli
   - tree
   - vim
   - wget
diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/system.yml b/roles/base/tasks/system.yml
index 28b219b..8686702 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/system.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/system.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     name: "{{ base_packages }}"
     state: present
     update_cache: true
+  tags: base_software
 
 - name: Get the default policy and basic SELinux utilities
   ansible.builtin.apt: