diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index c592dffe4..1845918c1 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ update_airgap_repo() {
   echo "Syncing new updates to /nsm/repo"
   rsync -av $AGREPO/* /nsm/repo/
   echo "Creating repo"
-  dnf -y install yum-utils createrepo
+  dnf -y install yum-utils createrepo_c
   createrepo /nsm/repo
 }
 
diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index f4262152f..8e1297812 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -1820,7 +1820,7 @@ repo_sync_local() {
 		echo "gpgcheck=1" >> /opt/so/conf/reposync/repodownload.conf
 	
 		logCmd "dnf repolist"
-		logCmd "dnf -y install yum-utils createrepo"
+		logCmd "dnf -y install yum-utils createrepo_c"
 		
 		if [[ ! $is_airgap ]]; then
         	curl --retry 5 --retry-delay 60 -A "netinstall/$SOVERSION/$OS/$(uname -r)/1" https://sigs.securityonion.net/checkup --output /tmp/install