diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 3bc4e9ca9..8f399707c 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -1345,6 +1345,10 @@ upgrade_salt() {
   else
     echo "Salt upgrade success."
     echo ""
+    if [[ $salt_cloud_installed == true ]]; then
+      echo "Updating salt-cloud config to use the new Salt version"
+      salt-call state.apply salt.cloud.config pillar='{"passedVersion": "'$NEWSALTVERSION'"}' concurrent=True
+    fi
   fi
 
 }