diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index a585f877c..9e972b4bc 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -837,7 +837,16 @@ main() {
 
   echo "### Preparing soup at $(date) ###"
   echo ""
-
+  if [[ "$INSTALLEDVERISON" =~ ^2.3.* ]]; then
+    BRANCH="2.3/main"
+    cd $UPDATE_DIR
+    clone_to_tmp
+    cp $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup /usr/sbin
+    cp $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup /opt/so/saltstack/default/salt/common/tools/sbin
+    add_common
+    echo "Please run soup again"
+    exit 0
+  fi
   set_os
 
   check_salt_master_status 1 || fail  "Could not talk to salt master: Please run 'systemctl status salt-master' to ensure the salt-master service is running and check the log at /opt/so/log/salt/master."