diff --git a/trymcp-day01-image/files/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg b/trymcp-day01-image/files/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg
index b0a87f9..10290e1 100644
--- a/trymcp-day01-image/files/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg
+++ b/trymcp-day01-image/files/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@
   - sed -i'.orig' -e's/PermitRootLogin.*/PermitRootLogin yes/g' -e's/PasswordAuthentication.*/PasswordAuthentication yes/g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
   - service sshd restart
   - salt-call --timeout=120 test.ping
+  - salt-call saltutil.clear_cache
+  - salt-call saltutil.refresh_pillar
   - salt-call saltutil.sync_all
   - systemctl restart docker
   - sleep 20
diff --git a/trymcp-day01-image/scripts/salt.sh b/trymcp-day01-image/scripts/salt.sh
index b4137dd..c78ff15 100644
--- a/trymcp-day01-image/scripts/salt.sh
+++ b/trymcp-day01-image/scripts/salt.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 
 salt-call ${SALT_OPTS} state.sls salt
 salt-call ${SALT_OPTS} state.sls docker.host
-salt-call ${SALT_OPTS} saltutil.sync_all
+
+sed -i "s/mcp_version:.*/mcp_version: ${MCP_VERSION}/g" /srv/salt/reclass/classes/cluster/try-mcp/overrides.yml
 
 docker pull "docker-prod-local.artifactory.mirantis.com/mirantis/cicd/mysql:${MCP_VERSION}"
 docker pull "docker-prod-local.artifactory.mirantis.com/mirantis/cicd/gerrit:${MCP_VERSION}"