diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 6b6b4d64a..7807c9884 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ determine_elastic_agent_upgrade() {
 }
 
 update_elastic_agent_airgap() {
-  get_elastic_agent_vars
+  get_elastic_agent_vars "/tmp/soagupdate/SecurityOnion"
   rsync -av /tmp/soagupdate/fleet/* /nsm/elastic-fleet/artifacts/
   tar -xf "$ELASTIC_AGENT_FILE" -C "$ELASTIC_AGENT_EXPANSION_DIR"
 }