diff --git a/salt/common/packages.sls b/salt/common/packages.sls
index 0fc067245..9cbfd08bb 100644
--- a/salt/common/packages.sls
+++ b/salt/common/packages.sls
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ commonpkgs:
       - netcat-openbsd
       - sqlite3
       - libssl-dev
+      - procps
       - python3-dateutil
       - python3-docker
       - python3-packaging
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ commonpkgs:
       - net-tools
       - nmap-ncat
       - openssl
+      - procps
       - python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock
       - python3-docker
       - python3-m2crypto
diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 31f1d0fea..582e4502b 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ stop_salt_master() {
 
     echo ""
     echo "Storing salt-master pid."
-    MASTERPID=$(pgrep salt-master | head -1)
+    MASTERPID=$(pgrep -f '/opt/saltstack/salt/bin/python3.10 /usr/bin/salt-master MainProcess')
     echo "Found salt-master PID $MASTERPID"
     systemctl_func "stop" "salt-master"
     timeout 30 tail --pid=$MASTERPID -f /dev/null || echo "salt-master still running at $(date +"%T.%6N") after waiting 30s. We cannot kill due to systemd restart option."