diff --git a/salt/common/soup_scripts.sls b/salt/manager/soup_scripts.sls
similarity index 75%
rename from salt/common/soup_scripts.sls
rename to salt/manager/soup_scripts.sls
index 90ee059a4..898de67ee 100644
--- a/salt/common/soup_scripts.sls
+++ b/salt/manager/soup_scripts.sls
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# Copyright Security Onion Solutions LLC and/or licensed to Security Onion Solutions LLC under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License 2.0 as shown at
+# https://securityonion.net/license; you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+# Elastic License 2.0.
+
 {% if '2.4' in salt['cp.get_file_str']('/etc/soversion') %}
 
 {%   import_yaml '/opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/global/soc_global.sls' as SOC_GLOBAL %}
@@ -15,6 +20,8 @@ remove_common_so-firewall:
   file.absent:
     - name: /opt/so/saltstack/default/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-firewall
 
+# This section is used to put the scripts in place in the Salt file system
+# in case a state run tries to overwrite what we do in the next section.
 copy_so-common_common_tools_sbin:
   file.copy:
     - name: /opt/so/saltstack/default/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
@@ -43,6 +50,15 @@ copy_so-firewall_manager_tools_sbin:
     - force: True
     - preserve: True
 
+copy_so-yaml_manager_tools_sbin:
+  file.copy:
+    - name: /opt/so/saltstack/default/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-yaml.py
+    - source: {{UPDATE_DIR}}/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-yaml.py
+    - force: True
+    - preserve: True
+
+# This section is used to put the new script in place so that it can be called during soup.
+# It is faster than calling the states that normally manage them to put them in place.
 copy_so-common_sbin:
   file.copy:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-common
diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 0ac938188..24b6e5427 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ verify_latest_update_script() {
   else
     echo "You are not running the latest soup version. Updating soup and its components. This might take multiple runs to complete."
 
-    salt-call state.apply common.soup_scripts queue=True -lerror --file-root=$UPDATE_DIR/salt --local --out-file=/dev/null
+    salt-call state.apply manager.soup_scripts queue=True -lerror --file-root=$UPDATE_DIR/salt --local --out-file=/dev/null
 
     # Verify that soup scripts updated as expected
     get_soup_script_hashes
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ verify_latest_update_script() {
       echo "Succesfully updated soup scripts."
     else
       echo "There was a problem updating soup scripts. Trying to rerun script update."
-      salt-call state.apply common.soup_scripts queue=True -linfo --file-root=$UPDATE_DIR/salt --local
+      salt-call state.apply manager.soup_scripts queue=True -linfo --file-root=$UPDATE_DIR/salt --local
     fi
 
     echo ""