diff --git a/apex/extservices/Android.bp b/apex/extservices/Android.bp
index c89f694c09d2e..021246cc7404b 100644
--- a/apex/extservices/Android.bp
+++ b/apex/extservices/Android.bp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ apex {
 
 apex_defaults {
     name: "com.android.extservices-defaults",
+    updatable: true,
     key: "com.android.extservices.key",
     certificate: ":com.android.extservices.certificate",
     apps: ["ExtServices"],
diff --git a/apex/permission/Android.bp b/apex/permission/Android.bp
index d746ea6af3972..0171b0d767606 100644
--- a/apex/permission/Android.bp
+++ b/apex/permission/Android.bp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ apex {
 
 apex_defaults {
     name: "com.android.permission-defaults",
+    updatable: true,
     key: "com.android.permission.key",
     certificate: ":com.android.permission.certificate",
     java_libs: [
diff --git a/apex/sdkextensions/Android.bp b/apex/sdkextensions/Android.bp
index 25765afb3ab9d..322d5e114541b 100644
--- a/apex/sdkextensions/Android.bp
+++ b/apex/sdkextensions/Android.bp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ apex {
 
 apex_defaults {
     name: "com.android.sdkext-defaults",
+    updatable: true,
     java_libs: [ "framework-sdkextensions" ],
     prebuilts: [
         "derive_sdk.rc",
diff --git a/apex/statsd/Android.bp b/apex/statsd/Android.bp
index 4c962633271c8..2df3eea1494d7 100644
--- a/apex/statsd/Android.bp
+++ b/apex/statsd/Android.bp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ apex_defaults {
     compile_multilib: "both",
     prebuilts: ["com.android.os.statsd.init.rc"],
     name: "com.android.os.statsd-defaults",
+    updatable: true,
     key: "com.android.os.statsd.key",
     certificate: ":com.android.os.statsd.certificate",
 }
diff --git a/packages/Tethering/apex/Android.bp b/packages/Tethering/apex/Android.bp
index 94ef11cc127a1..96a4d20077534 100644
--- a/packages/Tethering/apex/Android.bp
+++ b/packages/Tethering/apex/Android.bp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 apex {
     name: "com.android.tethering",
+    updatable: true,
     java_libs: ["framework-tethering"],
     apps: ["Tethering"],
     manifest: "manifest.json",