diff --git a/jobs/templates/bm-cicd-queens-ovs-maas.yml b/jobs/templates/bm-cicd-queens-ovs-maas.yml
index 2b104f7..fc07ba4 100644
--- a/jobs/templates/bm-cicd-queens-ovs-maas.yml
+++ b/jobs/templates/bm-cicd-queens-ovs-maas.yml
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
         description: Whether to perform dist-upgrade on virtual nodes during deployment
         name: DIST_UPGRADE_NODES
     - bool:
-        default: false
+        default: true
         description: 'Works starting from MCP 2019.2.10 or master. Whether to apply saltstack updates on all nodes in cluster before deployment'
         name: UPGRADE_SALTSTACK
     pipeline-scm: