diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index bd166c579..a8a8cf402 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -6,6 +6,22 @@ nav_order: 8
 
 ## Upcoming coreos-installer 0.19.0 (unreleased)
 
+Major changes:
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+
+
+Minor changes:
+
+- install: Don't require the network by default
+
+Internal changes:
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+Packaging changes:
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+
 
 ## coreos-installer 0.18.0 (2023-08-24)
 
diff --git a/systemd/coreos-installer.service b/systemd/coreos-installer.service
index 3f507525f..f26f90949 100644
--- a/systemd/coreos-installer.service
+++ b/systemd/coreos-installer.service
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=CoreOS Installer
 Before=coreos-installer.target
-After=network-online.target
-Wants=network-online.target
+After=NetworkManager.service
+Wants=NetworkManager.service
 # Until we retry HTTP requests let's wait here until
 # systemd-resolved comes up if enabled.
 # https://github.com/coreos/coreos-installer/issues/283