diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index a2828a1ea..dd53bcf4a 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -478,7 +478,13 @@ post_to_2.4.70() {
 
 post_to_2.4.80() {
   echo -e "\nUpdating Elastic Fleet output policy\n"
-  so-kafka-fleet-output-policy
+  so-kafka-fleet-output-policy > /dev/null
+  output=$(curl -sK /opt/so/conf/elasticsearch/curl.config -L "http://localhost:5601/api/fleet/outputs" | jq -r .items[].id)
+  if ! echo "$output" | grep -q "so-manager_kafka"; then
+    fail "Couldn't update Elastic Fleet output policy so-manager_kafka"
+  else
+    echo -e "\nSuccessfully updated Elastic Fleet output policy"
+  fi
   POSTVERSION=2.4.80
 }