diff --git a/manifests/site.pp b/manifests/site.pp
index e0439362d8..1d725745e0 100644
--- a/manifests/site.pp
+++ b/manifests/site.pp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class openstack_base {
   cron { "updatepuppet":
     user => root,
     minute => "*/15",
-    command => 'sleep $((RANDOM\%600)) && cd /root/openstack-ci-puppet && /usr/bin/git pull -q && /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/puppet apply -l /tmp/manifest.log --modulepath=/root/openstack-ci-puppet/modules manifests/site.pp',
+    command => 'apt-get update >/dev/null 2>&1 ; sleep $((RANDOM\%600)) && cd /root/openstack-ci-puppet && /usr/bin/git pull -q && /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/puppet apply -l /tmp/manifest.log --modulepath=/root/openstack-ci-puppet/modules manifests/site.pp',
   }
 }