diff --git a/jobs/templates/bm-cicd-queens-ovs-cl-maas.yml b/jobs/templates/bm-cicd-queens-ovs-cl-maas.yml
index 2bcfed3..a0a4c22 100755
--- a/jobs/templates/bm-cicd-queens-ovs-cl-maas.yml
+++ b/jobs/templates/bm-cicd-queens-ovs-cl-maas.yml
@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@
         name: UPDATE_VERSION
         trim: 'false'
     - string:
+        name: UPDATES_MIRANTIS_VERSION
+        default: 'staging'
+        description: |
+            Overwrite subsection of updates.mirantis.com repository.
+            Effective only if enabled in cookiecutter context!
+    - string:
         name: IPMI_CREDS
         default: 'lab_engineer'
     - string:
diff --git a/jobs/templates/bm-cicd-queens-ovs-maas.yml b/jobs/templates/bm-cicd-queens-ovs-maas.yml
index 93466a4..f22dd6f 100644
--- a/jobs/templates/bm-cicd-queens-ovs-maas.yml
+++ b/jobs/templates/bm-cicd-queens-ovs-maas.yml
@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@
         name: UPDATE_VERSION
         trim: 'false'
     - string:
+        name: UPDATES_MIRANTIS_VERSION
+        default: 'staging'
+        description: |
+            Overwrite subsection of updates.mirantis.com repository.
+            Effective only if enabled in cookiecutter context!
+    - string:
         name: IPMI_CREDS
         default: 'lab_engineer'
     - string:
diff --git a/jobs/templates/heat-cicd-pike-dvr-sl.yml b/jobs/templates/heat-cicd-pike-dvr-sl.yml
index e3addca..537e8ed 100644
--- a/jobs/templates/heat-cicd-pike-dvr-sl.yml
+++ b/jobs/templates/heat-cicd-pike-dvr-sl.yml
@@ -202,6 +202,12 @@
         description: ''
         name: UPDATE_VERSION
         trim: 'false'
+    - string:
+        name: UPDATES_MIRANTIS_VERSION
+        default: 'staging'
+        description: |
+            Overwrite subsection of updates.mirantis.com repository.
+            Effective only if enabled in cookiecutter context!
     - bool:
         default: true
         description: Whether to perform dist-upgrade on virtual nodes during deployment
diff --git a/jobs/templates/heat-cicd-queens-contrail41-sl.yml b/jobs/templates/heat-cicd-queens-contrail41-sl.yml
index 470b780..cb640dc 100644
--- a/jobs/templates/heat-cicd-queens-contrail41-sl.yml
+++ b/jobs/templates/heat-cicd-queens-contrail41-sl.yml
@@ -191,6 +191,12 @@
         name: UPDATE_VERSION
         trim: 'false'
     - string:
+        name: UPDATES_MIRANTIS_VERSION
+        default: 'staging'
+        description: |
+            Overwrite subsection of updates.mirantis.com repository.
+            Effective only if enabled in cookiecutter context!
+    - string:
         default: ''
         description: ''
         name: TEMPEST_EXTRA_ARGS
diff --git a/jobs/templates/heat-cicd-queens-dvr-sl.yml b/jobs/templates/heat-cicd-queens-dvr-sl.yml
index d9d9dae..d3ca6c1 100644
--- a/jobs/templates/heat-cicd-queens-dvr-sl.yml
+++ b/jobs/templates/heat-cicd-queens-dvr-sl.yml
@@ -197,6 +197,12 @@
         name: UPDATE_VERSION
         trim: 'false'
     - string:
+        name: UPDATES_MIRANTIS_VERSION
+        default: 'staging'
+        description: |
+            Overwrite subsection of updates.mirantis.com repository.
+            Effective only if enabled in cookiecutter context!
+    - string:
         default: ''
         description: ''
         name: TEMPEST_EXTRA_ARGS
diff --git a/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-pike-contrail41-sl.yml b/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-pike-contrail41-sl.yml
index 7a9320c..37bc122 100644
--- a/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-pike-contrail41-sl.yml
+++ b/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-pike-contrail41-sl.yml
@@ -196,6 +196,12 @@
         name: UPDATE_VERSION
         trim: 'false'
     - string:
+        name: UPDATES_MIRANTIS_VERSION
+        default: 'stable'
+        description: |
+            Overwrite subsection of updates.mirantis.com repository.
+            Effective only if enabled in cookiecutter context!
+    - string:
         default: set=smoke
         description: Exclude tungsten tests by default
         name: TEMPEST_PATTERN
diff --git a/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-pike-dvr-sl.yml b/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-pike-dvr-sl.yml
index 8b99e51..ab42279 100644
--- a/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-pike-dvr-sl.yml
+++ b/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-pike-dvr-sl.yml
@@ -200,6 +200,12 @@
         description: 'for formula repo http://mirror.mirantis.com/update/UPDATE_VERSION/salt-formulas/xenial'
         name: UPDATE_VERSION
         trim: 'false'
+    - string:
+        name: UPDATES_MIRANTIS_VERSION
+        default: 'stable'
+        description: |
+            Overwrite subsection of updates.mirantis.com repository.
+            Effective only if enabled in cookiecutter context!
     - bool:
         default: false
         description: Whether to perform dist-upgrade on virtual nodes during deployment
diff --git a/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-queens-contrail41-sl.yml b/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-queens-contrail41-sl.yml
index 2c53335..adc13f2 100644
--- a/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-queens-contrail41-sl.yml
+++ b/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-queens-contrail41-sl.yml
@@ -194,6 +194,12 @@
         name: UPDATE_VERSION
         trim: 'false'
     - string:
+        name: UPDATES_MIRANTIS_VERSION
+        default: 'stable'
+        description: |
+            Overwrite subsection of updates.mirantis.com repository.
+            Effective only if enabled in cookiecutter context!
+    - string:
         default: ''
         description: ''
         name: TEMPEST_EXTRA_ARGS
diff --git a/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-queens-dvr-sl.yml b/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-queens-dvr-sl.yml
index 1d850f8..6330c69 100644
--- a/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-queens-dvr-sl.yml
+++ b/jobs/templates/released-heat-cicd-queens-dvr-sl.yml
@@ -200,6 +200,12 @@
         description: 'for formula repo http://mirror.mirantis.com/update/UPDATE_VERSION/salt-formulas/xenial'
         name: UPDATE_VERSION
         trim: 'false'
+    - string:
+        name: UPDATES_MIRANTIS_VERSION
+        default: 'stable'
+        description: |
+            Overwrite subsection of updates.mirantis.com repository.
+            Effective only if enabled in cookiecutter context!
     - bool:
         default: false
         description: Whether to perform dist-upgrade on virtual nodes during deployment