diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index b471e6eca..2aefc67bb 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -715,9 +715,9 @@ update_version() {
 
 upgrade_check() {
   # Let's make sure we actually need to update.
-  NEWVERSION=$(cat $UPDATE_DIR/VERSION | tr -d '\n')
-  HOTFIXVERSION=$(cat $UPDATE_DIR/HOTFIX | tr -d '\n')
-  [[ -f /etc/sohotfix ]] && CURRENTHOTFIX=$(cat /etc/sohotfix | tr -d '\n')
+  NEWVERSION=$(cat $UPDATE_DIR/VERSION)
+  HOTFIXVERSION=$(cat $UPDATE_DIR/HOTFIX)
+  [[ -f /etc/sohotfix ]] && CURRENTHOTFIX=$(cat /etc/sohotfix)
   if [ "$INSTALLEDVERSION" == "$NEWVERSION" ]; then
     echo "Checking to see if there are hotfixes needed"
     if [ "$HOTFIXVERSION" == "$CURRENTHOTFIX" ]; then
@@ -845,6 +845,7 @@ apply_hotfix() {
     if [[ ! -z "$WAZUHHEADER" ]]; then
       echo "$FILE has an XML header; removing"
       sed -i 1d $FILE
+      so-wazuh-restart
     else    
       echo "$FILE does not have an XML header, so no changes are necessary."
     fi