diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/k8s-ha-calico/core.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/k8s-ha-calico/core.yaml
index 1d0a8d2..e5ff52e 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/k8s-ha-calico/core.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/k8s-ha-calico/core.yaml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
     -C 'I@docker:host' state.sls docker.host
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
-  skip_fail: false
+  skip_fail: true
 
 - description: Check docker
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@docker:host' cmd.run 'docker ps'
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
-  skip_fail: false
+  skip_fail: true
 
 - description:  Install keepalived on first node
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/shared-salt.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/shared-salt.yaml
index 2746d2f..c3bc0f3 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/shared-salt.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/shared-salt.yaml
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@
     find ${REPLACE_DIRS} -type f -exec sed -i 's/==IPV4_NET_EXTERNAL_PREFIX==/{{ IPV4_NET_EXTERNAL_PREFIX }}/g' {} +
 
     find ${REPLACE_DIRS} -type f -exec sed -i 's/apt_mk_version:.*/apt_mk_version: {{ REPOSITORY_SUITE }}/g' {} +
+    find ${REPLACE_DIRS} -type f -exec sed -i 's/mcp_version:.*/mcp_version: {{ REPOSITORY_SUITE }}/g' {} +
 
     {%- if IS_CONTRAIL_LAB %}
     # vSRX IPs for tcp-qa images have 172.16.10.90 hardcoded
@@ -615,6 +616,7 @@
   cmd: |
     export REPLACE_DIRS="/srv/salt/reclass/classes/ /srv/salt/reclass/nodes/"
     find ${REPLACE_DIRS} -type f -exec sed -i 's/apt_mk_version:.*/apt_mk_version: {{ REPOSITORY_SUITE }}/g' {} +
+    find ${REPLACE_DIRS} -type f -exec sed -i 's/mcp_version:.*/mcp_version: {{ REPOSITORY_SUITE }}/g' {} +
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 1}
   skip_fail: false