diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index ba4194575..6884bfbb9 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -809,16 +809,21 @@ upgrade_to_2.3.50_repo() {
 }
 
 verify_latest_update_script() {
+  salt-call slsutil.renderer $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup default_renderer='jinja' --local --out=newline_values_only --out-indent=-4 --out-file=/tmp/soup
+  sed -i -e '$a\' /tmp/soup
+  salt-call slsutil.renderer $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common default_renderer='jinja' --local --out=newline_values_only --out-indent=-4 --out-file=/tmp/so-common
+  sed -i -e '$a\' /tmp/so-common
   # Check to see if the update scripts match. If not run the new one.
   CURRENTSOUP=$(md5sum /usr/sbin/soup | awk '{print $1}')
-  GITSOUP=$(md5sum $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup | awk '{print $1}')
+  GITSOUP=$(md5sum /tmp/soup | awk '{print $1}')
   CURRENTCMN=$(md5sum /usr/sbin/so-common | awk '{print $1}')
-  GITCMN=$(md5sum $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common | awk '{print $1}')
+  GITCMN=$(md5sum /tmp/so-common | awk '{print $1}')
   CURRENTIMGCMN=$(md5sum /usr/sbin/so-image-common | awk '{print $1}')
   GITIMGCMN=$(md5sum $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common | awk '{print $1}')
 
   if [[ "$CURRENTSOUP" == "$GITSOUP" && "$CURRENTCMN" == "$GITCMN" && "$CURRENTIMGCMN" == "$GITIMGCMN" ]]; then
     echo "This version of the soup script is up to date. Proceeding."
+    rm -f /tmp/soup /tmp/so-common
   else
     echo "You are not running the latest soup version. Updating soup and its components. Might take multiple runs to complete"
     cp $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup $DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/
@@ -1146,4 +1151,3 @@ fi
 
 echo "### Preparing soup at $(date) ###"
 main "$@" | tee -a $SOUP_LOG
-