diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index a5a0501bc..d6f0c4fa7 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -453,19 +453,18 @@ up_2.3.3X_to_2.3.50_repo() {
   if [[ "$OS" == "centos" ]]; then
     # Import GPG Keys
     gpg_rpm_import
+    echo "Disabling fastestmirror."
+    disable_fastestmirror
+    echo "Deleting unneeded repo files."
+    DELREPOS=('CentOS-Base' 'CentOS-CR' 'CentOS-Debuginfo' 'docker-ce' 'CentOS-fasttrack' 'CentOS-Media' 'CentOS-Sources' 'CentOS-Vault' 'CentOS-x86_64-kernel' 'epel' 'epel-testing' 'saltstack' 'wazuh')
+
+    for DELREPO in "${DELREPOS[@]}"; do
+      if [[ -f "/etc/yum.repos.d/$DELREPO.repo" ]]; then
+        echo "Deleting $DELREPO.repo"
+        rm -f "/etc/yum.repos.d/$DELREPO.repo"
+      fi
+    done
     if [ $is_airgap -eq 1 ]; then
-      echo "Disabling fastestmirror."
-      disable_fastestmirror
-      echo "Deleting unneeded repo files."
-      DELREPOS=('CentOS-Base' 'CentOS-CR' 'CentOS-Debuginfo' 'docker-ce' 'CentOS-fasttrack' 'CentOS-Media' 'CentOS-Sources' 'CentOS-Vault' 'CentOS-x86_64-kernel' 'epel' 'epel-testing' 'saltstack' 'wazuh')
-
-      for DELREPO in "${DELREPOS[@]}"; do
-        if [[ -f "/etc/yum.repos.d/$DELREPO.repo" ]]; then
-          echo "Deleting $DELREPO.repo"
-          rm -f "/etc/yum.repos.d/$DELREPO.repo"
-        fi
-      done
-
       # Copy the new repo file if not airgap
       cp $UPDATE_DIR/salt/repo/client/files/centos/securityonion.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/
       yum clean all
diff --git a/salt/repo/client/init.sls b/salt/repo/client/init.sls
index f5d94e241..105789eb9 100644
--- a/salt/repo/client/init.sls
+++ b/salt/repo/client/init.sls
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ airgap_repo:
   pkgrepo.managed:
     - humanname: Airgap Repo
     - baseurl: https://{{ MANAGER }}/repo
-    - gpgcheck: 0
+    - gpgcheck: 1
     - sslverify: 0
 
 {% endif %}