diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 015d57ab6..b471e6eca 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 $UPDATE_DIR/VERSION)
-  HOTFIXVERSION=$(cat $UPDATE_DIR/HOTFIX)
-  [[ -f /etc/sohotfix ]] && CURRENTHOTFIX=$(cat /etc/sohotfix)
+  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')
   if [ "$INSTALLEDVERSION" == "$NEWVERSION" ]; then
     echo "Checking to see if there are hotfixes needed"
     if [ "$HOTFIXVERSION" == "$CURRENTHOTFIX" ]; then
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ verify_latest_update_script() {
 }
 
 apply_hotfix() {
-  if [[ "$INSTALLEDVERSION" == "2.3.90" && "$HOTFIXVERSION" =~ "WAZUH" ]]; then
+  if [[ "$INSTALLEDVERSION" == "2.3.90" && "$HOTFIXVERSION" == "WAZUH" ]] ; then
     FILE="/nsm/wazuh/etc/ossec.conf"
     echo "Detecting if ossec.conf needs corrected..."
     WAZUHHEADER=$(head -1 $FILE | grep "xml version")