diff --git a/docs/labs/clab.md b/docs/labs/clab.md
index 69cc1ace03..341c80a69e 100644
--- a/docs/labs/clab.md
+++ b/docs/labs/clab.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 ## Supported Versions
 
-The latest _netlab_ release was tested with _containerlab_ version 0.71.1. That's also the version the **netlab install containerlab** command installs.
+The latest _netlab_ release was tested with _containerlab_ version 0.72. That's also the version the **netlab install containerlab** command installs.
 
 If needed, use ```sudo containerlab version upgrade``` to upgrade to the latest _containerlab_ version.
 
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Lab topology file created by **[netlab up](../netlab/up.md)** or **[netlab creat
 | Aruba CX               | vrnetlab/aruba_arubaos-cx:20240731173624 |
 | BIRD                   | netlab/bird:latest           |
 | Cisco 8000v            | cisco/cisco-8201-32fh:24.4.1 |
+| Cisco ASAv             | vrnetlab/cisco_asav:9-16-4-57 |
 | Cisco Catalyst 8000v   | vrnetlab/vr-c8000v:17.13.01a |
 | Cisco CSR 1000v        | vrnetlab/vr-csr:17.03.04     |
 | Cisco IOL [❗](caveats-iol)    | vrnetlab/cisco_iol:17.12.01 |
diff --git a/docs/platforms.md b/docs/platforms.md
index 29a98a4e99..2212d9663f 100644
--- a/docs/platforms.md
+++ b/docs/platforms.md
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ You cannot use all supported network devices with all virtualization providers.
 | Arista vEOS        | [✅](build-eos)  | ✅  | [✅](build-ceos)  |
 | Aruba AOS-CX       | [✅](build-arubacx)  |  ❌  |  ✅[❗](clab-vrnetlab)  |
 | Cisco 8000v        |  ❌  |  ❌  | ✅ |
-| Cisco ASAv         | [✅](build-asav)  |  ❌  |  ❌  |
+| Cisco ASAv         | [✅](build-asav)  |  ❌  | ✅ [❗](clab-vrnetlab) |
 | Cisco Catalyst 8000v | [✅](build-cat8000v) |  ❌  |  ✅[❗](clab-vrnetlab)  |
 | Cisco CSR 1000v    | [✅](build-csr)  | ✅  |  ✅[❗](clab-vrnetlab) |
 | Cisco IOL          |  ❌ | ❌  |  ✅[❗](clab-vrnetlab) |
diff --git a/netsim/ansible/tasks/deploy-config/asa.yml b/netsim/ansible/tasks/deploy-config/asa.yml
index a6e7be3c08..6910d2bcaa 100644
--- a/netsim/ansible/tasks/deploy-config/asa.yml
+++ b/netsim/ansible/tasks/deploy-config/asa.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
   asa_config:
     src: "{{ config_template }}"
   tags: [print_action, always]
+  become: yes
diff --git a/netsim/devices/asav.yml b/netsim/devices/asav.yml
index baf618e063..2e56ef8fc8 100644
--- a/netsim/devices/asav.yml
+++ b/netsim/devices/asav.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ group_vars:
   ansible_connection: network_cli
   # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
   netlab_ssh_args: "-o KexAlgorithms=+diffie-hellman-group14-sha1 -o PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes=+ssh-rsa -o HostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa"
+  netlab_check_retries: 50
 external:
   image: none
 features:
@@ -31,3 +32,16 @@ libvirt:
   #      --disk path=vm.qcow2,format=qcow2,device=disk,bus=virtio,cache=writethrough
   #      --disk path=bootstrap.iso,format=iso,device=cdrom --graphics none --import
   create_iso: asav
+clab:
+  image: vrnetlab/cisco_asav:9-16-4-57
+  node:
+    kind: cisco_asav
+#  interface.name: eth{ifindex}
+  build: https://containerlab.dev/manual/kinds/cisco_asav/
+  group_vars:
+    ansible_ssh_pass: CiscoAsa1!
+    ansible_become_password: CiscoAsa1!
+    ansible_user: admin
+    netlab_ready: [ ssh ]
+    netlab_check_command: |
+      exit
diff --git a/netsim/devices/iosv.yml b/netsim/devices/iosv.yml
index e87cf2e704..f77593ad80 100644
--- a/netsim/devices/iosv.yml
+++ b/netsim/devices/iosv.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ features:
 clab:
   image: vrnetlab/cisco_vios:15.9.3
   node:
-    kind: linux
+    kind: cisco_vios
   interface.name: eth{ifindex}
   build: https://github.com/srl-labs/vrnetlab/tree/master/vios
diff --git a/netsim/devices/iosvl2.yml b/netsim/devices/iosvl2.yml
index 9daf0543ae..749bf56d5f 100644
--- a/netsim/devices/iosvl2.yml
+++ b/netsim/devices/iosvl2.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ libvirt:
 clab:
   image: vrnetlab/cisco_viosl2:15.2
   node:
-    kind: linux
+    kind: cisco_vios
   interface.name: eth{ifindex}
   build: https://github.com/srl-labs/vrnetlab/tree/master/viosl2
diff --git a/netsim/install/containerlab.sh b/netsim/install/containerlab.sh
index 10ec4b8584..8a73b9a01e 100755
--- a/netsim/install/containerlab.sh
+++ b/netsim/install/containerlab.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
 # Install a specific version of Containerlab -- it's now set in 'netlab install' before calling this script
-# CONTAINERLAB_VERSION="0.62.2"
 #
 set -e
 REPLACE="--upgrade"
diff --git a/netsim/providers/clab.yml b/netsim/providers/clab.yml
index c287fc8226..bc32d04b14 100644
--- a/netsim/providers/clab.yml
+++ b/netsim/providers/clab.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ config: clab.yml
 lab_prefix: "clab" # Containerlab default, set to "" to remove prefix
 node_config_special: [ binds, config_templates, image, kind, startup-config, srl-agents, runtime ]
 template: clab.j2
-version: 0.71.1
+version: 0.72
 # Preserve env to allow user to configure PATH
 start: sudo -E containerlab deploy --reconfigure -t clab.yml
 stop: sudo -E containerlab destroy --cleanup -t clab.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ act_title: "Running containers"
 probe:
 - cmd: "containerlab version"
   err: "Containerlab is not installed"
-- cmd: [ bash, '-c', "[[ `containerlab version|awk '/version/ {print $2}'` > '0.69.2' ]] && echo OK" ]
-  err: "Containerlab version is too old, please upgrade to 0.69.3 or later with 'sudo containerlab version upgrade'"
+- cmd: [ bash, '-c', "[[ `containerlab version|awk '/version/ {print $2}'` > '0.71.999' ]] && echo OK" ]
+  err: "Containerlab version is too old, please upgrade to 0.72 or later with 'sudo containerlab version upgrade'"
 
 cleanup: [ clab.yml, clab_files ]
 bridge_type: bridge # Use 'ovs-bridge' to create Openvswitch bridges