diff --git a/alpine3.8/lxcfile b/alpine3.8/lxcfile
index 3ddc05a..602f05a 100644
--- a/alpine3.8/lxcfile
+++ b/alpine3.8/lxcfile
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ RUN EOF
     echo '@et http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing' >>/etc/apk/repositories
     echo '@ec http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community' >>/etc/apk/repositories
 
+    # Update packages
+    apk --no-cache upgrade
+
     # Install s6 supervisor
     apk --no-cache add libxml2 libxslt s6@em
 EOF
diff --git a/alpine3.9/lxcfile b/alpine3.9/lxcfile
index fd61975..b97be4e 100644
--- a/alpine3.9/lxcfile
+++ b/alpine3.9/lxcfile
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ RUN EOF
     echo '@et http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing' >>/etc/apk/repositories
     echo '@ec http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community' >>/etc/apk/repositories
 
+    # Update packages
+    apk --no-cache upgrade
+
     # Install s6 supervisor
     apk --no-cache add libxml2 libxslt s6
 EOF