diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-rule-update b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-rule-update
index 397719d61..a4e4d3cd7 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-rule-update
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-rule-update
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ got_root() {
 }
 
 got_root
-docker exec so-idstools /bin/bash -c "cd /opt/so/idstools/etc && idstools-rulecat $1"
+docker exec so-idstools /bin/bash -c "cd /opt/so/idstools/etc && idstools-rulecat --force $1"