diff --git a/regsync-config.yaml b/regsync-config.yaml
index 08e01d5..1de0319 100644
--- a/regsync-config.yaml
+++ b/regsync-config.yaml
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ sync:
   # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   # Utilities
   # General-purpose base images and helper containers
-  # Includes: BusyBox, curl
+  # Includes: BusyBox, curl, Google Cloud SDK
   # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   - source: docker.io/library/busybox
@@ -727,6 +727,16 @@ sync:
       allow:
         - '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+'
 
+  # gcloud for the meshcentral pre-delete hook. the floor carries -alpine because a prerelease sorts below the bare tag
+  - source: docker.io/google/cloud-sdk
+    target: ${TARGET_REGISTRY}/google/cloud-sdk
+    type: repository
+    tags:
+      semverRange:
+        - ">=585.0.0-alpine"
+      allow:
+        - '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-alpine'
+
   # =============================================================================
   # HELM CHARTS
   # =============================================================================