diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 8b90e8a5a..b3f9cd1ca 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -900,6 +900,10 @@ 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"
+    cp $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup $DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/
+    cp $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common $DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/
+    cp $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common $DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/
+    cp $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-firewall $DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/
     salt-call state.apply common.soup_scripts queue=True -linfo --file-root=$UPDATE_DIR/salt --local
     echo ""
     echo "soup has been updated. Please run soup again."