diff --git a/official-templates/autoresearch/Dockerfile b/official-templates/autoresearch/Dockerfile
index 6dc9e4e..9066e28 100644
--- a/official-templates/autoresearch/Dockerfile
+++ b/official-templates/autoresearch/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 ARG BASE_IMAGE=non-existing
 FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}
 
+# Install runpodctl for pod management (scaling up GPUs)
+ARG RUNPODCTL_VERSION=v2.1.6
+RUN wget -qO- https://github.com/runpod/runpodctl/releases/download/${RUNPODCTL_VERSION}/runpodctl-linux-amd64.tar.gz | \
+    tar -xz -C /usr/local/bin runpodctl
+
 # Clone autoresearch to /opt (safe from volume mounts)
 ARG AUTORESEARCH_REF=master
 RUN git clone --branch ${AUTORESEARCH_REF} --depth 1 \