diff --git a/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin/so-elastic-fleet-common b/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin/so-elastic-fleet-common
index 197a111fb..6ada43003 100755
--- a/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin/so-elastic-fleet-common
+++ b/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin/so-elastic-fleet-common
@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ elastic_fleet_package_latest_version_check() {
 }
 
 elastic_fleet_package_install() {
-    PKGKEY=$1
-    curl -s -K /opt/so/conf/elasticsearch/curl.config -b "sid=$SESSIONCOOKIE" -L -X POST -H 'kbn-xsrf: true' "localhost:5601/api/fleet/epm/packages/$PKGKEY"
+    PKG=$1
+    VERSION=$2
+    curl -s -K /opt/so/conf/elasticsearch/curl.config -b "sid=$SESSIONCOOKIE" -L -X POST -H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -H 'Content-Type: application/json'  -d '{"force":true}' "localhost:5601/api/fleet/epm/packages/$PKG/$VERSION"
 }
 
 elastic_fleet_package_is_installed() {
diff --git a/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-package-upgrade b/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-package-upgrade
index 81eb01534..2fb3f7798 100644
--- a/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-package-upgrade
+++ b/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-package-upgrade
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 {%- for PACKAGE in SUPPORTED_PACKAGES %}
 echo "Upgrading {{ PACKAGE }} package..."
 VERSION=$(elastic_fleet_package_latest_version_check "{{ PACKAGE }}")
-elastic_fleet_package_install "{{ PACKAGE }}-$VERSION"
+elastic_fleet_package_install "{{ PACKAGE }}" "$VERSION"
 echo
 {%- endfor %}
 echo