diff --git a/salt/elasticfleet/enabled.sls b/salt/elasticfleet/enabled.sls
index 25fca759d..db10a7182 100644
--- a/salt/elasticfleet/enabled.sls
+++ b/salt/elasticfleet/enabled.sls
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ so-elastic-fleet-auto-configure-logstash-outputs:
 {# Separate from above in order to catch elasticfleet-logstash.crt changes and force update to fleet output policy #}
 so-elastic-fleet-auto-configure-logstash-outputs-force:
   cmd.run:
-    - name: /usr/sbin/so-elastic-fleet-outputs-update --force --certs
+    - name: /usr/sbin/so-elastic-fleet-outputs-update --certs
     - retry:
         attempts: 4
         interval: 30
diff --git a/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-outputs-update b/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-outputs-update
index 715d53a3b..281e05c59 100644
--- a/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-outputs-update
+++ b/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-outputs-update
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
       ;;
     -c| --certs)
       UPDATE_CERTS=true
+      FORCE_UPDATE=true
       shift
       ;;
     *)