diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-k8s-contrail/underlay--user-data-cfg01.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-k8s-contrail/underlay--user-data-cfg01.yaml
index a12b4a7..677a87b 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-k8s-contrail/underlay--user-data-cfg01.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-k8s-contrail/underlay--user-data-cfg01.yaml
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@
    - echo "deb http://repo.saltstack.com/apt/ubuntu/16.04/amd64/2016.3 xenial main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/saltstack.list;
    - wget -O - https://repo.saltstack.com/apt/ubuntu/16.04/amd64/2016.3/SALTSTACK-GPG-KEY.pub | apt-key add -;
 
-   - apt-get clean
-   - apt-get update
+   - eatmydata apt-get clean && eatmydata apt-get update
 
    # Install common packages
    - eatmydata apt-get install -y python-pip git curl tmux byobu iputils-ping traceroute htop tree