force heka to install latest packages
diff --git a/heka/server.sls b/heka/server.sls
index a5bf3f9..1da8618 100644
--- a/heka/server.sls
+++ b/heka/server.sls
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 {%- if server.enabled %}
 
 heka_packages:
-  pkg.installed:
+  pkg.latest:
   - names: {{ server.pkgs }}
 
 purge-heka-conf-dir: