diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
index 8d4e01ac6..645ec7535 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ unless ($onlyinitrd) {
 
 
       #enable extra package repo
+      my $yumcmd_base = $yumcmd;
       $yumcmd .= "install ";
       #append extra pkg names to yum command 
       if ($extrapkgnames) {
@@ -321,6 +322,14 @@ unless ($onlyinitrd) {
 	      $rc = system("$yumcmd_remove $rm_packges");
 	  }
       }
+
+      # run zypper update to update any installed rpms
+      # needed when running genimage again after updating software in repositories
+      my $yumcmd_update = $yumcmd_base . " update  ";
+      $rc = system("$yumcmd_update");
+      # ignore any return code
+
+
    }
 
    postscripts(); #run 'postscripts'
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
index be9285703..74c1d4ceb 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
@@ -395,6 +395,12 @@ unless ($onlyinitrd) {
    }
 
 
+   # run zypper update to update any installed rpms
+   # needed when running genimage again after updating software in repositories
+   my $yumcmd_update = "zypper -R $rootimg_dir update  "; 
+   $rc = system("$yumcmd_update");
+   # ignore any return code
+
    postscripts(); #run 'postscripts'
 }
 unlink "/tmp/genimage.$$.yum.conf";
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage.yum b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage.yum
index edd255fca..b55cbe286 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage.yum
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage.yum
@@ -163,6 +163,14 @@ unless ($onlyinitrd) {
       print "zypper invocation failed\n";
       exit 1;
    }
+
+   # run zypper update to update any installed rpms
+   # needed when running genimage again after updating software in repositories
+   my $yumcmd_update = "zypper -R $rootimg_dir update  ";
+   $rc = system("$yumcmd_update");
+   # ignore any return code
+
+
    postscripts(); #run 'postscripts'
 }
 unlink "/tmp/genimage.$$.yum.conf";
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/suse/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/suse/genimage
index b1df60742..715982fa7 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/suse/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/suse/genimage
@@ -358,6 +358,13 @@ unless ($onlyinitrd) {
 	   $rc = system("$yumcmd_remove $rm_packges");
        }
 
+   # run zypper update to update any installed rpms
+   # needed when running genimage again after updating software in repositories
+   my $yumcmd_update = "zypper -R $rootimg_dir update  ";
+   $rc = system("$yumcmd_update");
+   # ignore any return code
+
+
    postscripts(); #run 'postscripts'
 }
 unlink "/tmp/genimage.$$.yum.conf";