diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 9e9535322..d85d76d8c 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ verify_latest_update_script() {
     echo "This version of the soup script is up to date. Proceeding."
   else
     echo "You are not running the latest soup version. Updating soup and its components. Might take multiple runs to complete"
-    salt-call state.apply common.soup_scripts queue=True -linfo --file-root=$UPDATE_DIR/salt
+    salt-call state.apply common.soup_scripts queue=True -linfo --file-root=$UPDATE_DIR/salt --local
     echo ""
     echo "soup has been updated. Please run soup again."
     exit 0