diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index f85c3b61d..0dddc5a21 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ if [[ $INSTALLEDVERSION == "2.4.4" ]]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
+if [ "$INSTALLEDVERSION" = '2.4.3' ] || [ "$INSTALLEDVERSION" = '2.4.2' ] || [ "$INSTALLEDVERSION" = '2.4.1' ] || [ "$INSTALLEDVERSION" = '2.4.0' ]; then
+  echo "soup is not supported on $INSTALLEDVERSION. Please install the latest 2.4 release.
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 UPDATE_DIR=/tmp/sogh/securityonion
 DEFAULT_SALT_DIR=/opt/so/saltstack/default
 POSTVERSION=$INSTALLEDVERSION