diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 1e4042957..76585a0e0 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -352,6 +352,8 @@ check_fleet_server() {
     docker stop so-elastic-fleet; docker rm -f so-elastic-fleet
     printf "\nUpdated sysctl fs.protected_symlinks. Restarting fleet before running health check and continuing with soup.\n"
     salt-call state.apply elasticfleet queue=True
+    echo "Fleet restarted, waiting 2 minutes before checking fleet health and continuing SOUP...";
+    for i in {1..12}; do printf "."; sleep 10; done
   fi
   
   # Modeled on the wait_for_so-elastic-fleet state check in elasticfleet/enabled.sls,