diff --git a/base/comps/azurelinux-release/azurelinux-release.spec b/base/comps/azurelinux-release/azurelinux-release.spec
index d5090128b5a..420dca2447c 100644
--- a/base/comps/azurelinux-release/azurelinux-release.spec
+++ b/base/comps/azurelinux-release/azurelinux-release.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # or 0 for RC and stable releases
 %define is_development 1
 
-# TODO(azl): review
+# TODO(azl): review -- set to a future date for now, fix before release
 %define eol_date 1900-01-01
 
 %define dist_version_major 4
diff --git a/base/comps/go-md2man/go-md2man.spec b/base/comps/go-md2man/go-md2man.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b3136fcaeec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/comps/go-md2man/go-md2man.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+Summary:        Converts markdown into roff (man pages)
+Name:           go-md2man
+Version:        2.0.2
+Release:        1%{?dist}
+License:        MIT
+Vendor:         Microsoft Corporation
+Distribution:   Azure Linux
+Group:          Tools/Container
+URL:            https://github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man
+Source0:        https://github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/go-md2man-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRequires:  golang
+BuildRequires:  which
+# required packages on install
+Requires:       /bin/sh
+Provides:       golang-github-cpuguy83-md2man
+Provides:       go-go-md2man = %{version}-%{release}
+
+%description
+Converts markdown into roff (man pages)
+
+%define OUR_GOPATH %{_topdir}/.gopath
+Vendor:         Microsoft Corporation
+Distribution:   Azure Linux
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n %{name}-%{version} -c
+
+%build
+export GOPATH=%{OUR_GOPATH}
+export GOCACHE=%{OUR_GOPATH}/.cache
+export CGO_ENABLED=0
+export GO111MODULE=on
+
+cd %{_topdir}/BUILD/%{name}-%{version}/go-md2man-%{version}
+go build -mod vendor -o go-md2man
+
+%install
+mkdir -p "%{buildroot}%{_bindir}"
+cp -aT go-md2man-%{version}/go-md2man %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/go-md2man
+
+# copy legal files
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}
+cp go-md2man-%{version}/LICENSE.md %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}/LICENSE.md
+
+%files
+%license %{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}/LICENSE.md
+%{_bindir}/go-md2man
+
+%changelog
+* Fri Oct 27 2023 CBL-Mariner Servicing Account <cblmargh@microsoft.com> - 2.0.2-1
+- Auto-upgrade to 2.0.2 - Azure Linux 3.0 - package upgrades
+
+* Mon Oct 16 2023 CBL-Mariner Servicing Account <cblmargh@microsoft.com> - 2.0.1-21
+- Bump release to rebuild with go 1.20.10
+
+* Tue Oct 10 2023 Dan Streetman <ddstreet@ieee.org> - 2.0.1-20
+- Bump release to rebuild with updated version of Go.
+
+* Mon Aug 07 2023 CBL-Mariner Servicing Account <cblmargh@microsoft.com> - 2.0.1-19
+- Bump release to rebuild with go 1.19.12
+
+* Thu Jul 13 2023 CBL-Mariner Servicing Account <cblmargh@microsoft.com> - 2.0.1-18
+- Bump release to rebuild with go 1.19.11
+
+* Thu Jun 15 2023 CBL-Mariner Servicing Account <cblmargh@microsoft.com> - 2.0.1-17
+- Bump release to rebuild with go 1.19.10
+
+* Wed Apr 05 2023 CBL-Mariner Servicing Account <cblmargh@microsoft.com> - 2.0.1-16
+- Bump release to rebuild with go 1.19.8
+
+* Tue Mar 28 2023 CBL-Mariner Servicing Account <cblmargh@microsoft.com> - 2.0.1-15
+- Bump release to rebuild with go 1.19.7
+
+* Wed Mar 15 2023 CBL-Mariner Servicing Account <cblmargh@microsoft.com> - 2.0.1-14
+- Bump release to rebuild with go 1.19.6
+
+* Fri Feb 03 2023 CBL-Mariner Servicing Account <cblmargh@microsoft.com> - 2.0.1-13
+- Bump release to rebuild with go 1.19.5
+
+* Wed Jan 18 2023 CBL-Mariner Servicing Account <cblmargh@microsoft.com> - 2.0.1-12
+- Bump release to rebuild with go 1.19.4
+
+* Fri Dec 16 2022 Daniel McIlvaney <damcilva@microsoft.com> - 2.0.1-11
+- Bump release to rebuild with go 1.18.8 with patch for CVE-2022-41717
+
+* Tue Nov 01 2022 Olivia Crain <oliviacrain@microsoft.com> - 2.0.1-10
+- Bump release to rebuild with go 1.18.8
+
+* Mon Aug 22 2022 Olivia Crain <oliviacrain@microsoft.com> - 2.0.1-9
+- Bump release to rebuild against Go 1.18.5
+
+* Tue Jun 14 2022 Muhammad Falak <mwani@microsoft.com> - 2.0.1-8
+- Bump release to rebuild with golang 1.18.3
+
+* Fri Mar 04 2022 Andrew Phelps <anphel@microsoft.com> 2.0.1-1
+- Update to version 2.0.1
+- License verified
+
+* Fri Jun 18 2021 Henry Li <lihl@microsoft.com> 2.0.0-7
+- Provides go-go-md2man.
+- Fix linting errors.
+
+* Tue Jun 08 2021 Henry Beberman <henry.beberman@microsoft.com> 2.0.0-6
+- Increment release to force republishing using golang 1.15.13.
+
+* Thu Dec 10 2020 Andrew Phelps <anphel@microsoft.com> 2.0.0-5
+- Increment release to force republishing using golang 1.15.
+
+* Wed May 20 2020 Joe Schmitt <joschmit@microsoft.com> 2.0.0-4
+- Remove reliance on existing GOPATH environment variable.
+
+* Sat May 09 2020 Nick Samson <nisamson@microsoft.com> 2.0.0-3
+- Added %%license line automatically
+
+* Fri May 01 2020 Emre Girgin <mrgirgin@microsoft.com> 2.0.0-2
+- Renaming go to golang
+
+* Fri Apr 03 2020 Mohan Datla <mdatla@microsoft.com> 2.0.0-1
+- Original version for CBL-Mariner.