diff --git a/jenkins/client/job/deploy/update/upgrade_mcp_release.yml b/jenkins/client/job/deploy/update/upgrade_mcp_release.yml
index 9f18006..c9b846f 100644
--- a/jenkins/client/job/deploy/update/upgrade_mcp_release.yml
+++ b/jenkins/client/job/deploy/update/upgrade_mcp_release.yml
@@ -29,11 +29,15 @@
               default: ""
             UPDATE_CLUSTER_MODEL:
               type: boolean
-              default: 'false'
+              default: 'true'
               description: "Replace `apt_mk_version` parameter in cluster level Reclass model."
+            UPGRADE_SALTSTACK:
+              type: boolean
+              default: 'true'
+              description: "Upgrade SaltStack packages."
             UPDATE_PIPELINES:
               type: boolean
-              default: 'false'
+              default: 'true'
               description: "Mirror pipelines from upstream/local mirror to Gerrit."
             UPDATE_LOCAL_REPOS:
               type: boolean
diff --git a/linux/system/repo/mcp/apt_mirantis/saltstack.yml b/linux/system/repo/mcp/apt_mirantis/saltstack.yml
index 6fcd5a1..ec7d320 100644
--- a/linux/system/repo/mcp/apt_mirantis/saltstack.yml
+++ b/linux/system/repo/mcp/apt_mirantis/saltstack.yml
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@
           key_id: 0E08A149DE57BFBE
           key_server: keyserver.ubuntu.com
           clean_file: true
+          pin:
+          - pin: 'release o=SaltStack'
+            priority: 1100
+            package: '*'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/linux/system/repo/mcp/apt_mirantis/saltstack_2016_3.yml b/linux/system/repo/mcp/apt_mirantis/saltstack_2016_3.yml
index 5d5e494..c0eabe3 100644
--- a/linux/system/repo/mcp/apt_mirantis/saltstack_2016_3.yml
+++ b/linux/system/repo/mcp/apt_mirantis/saltstack_2016_3.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 parameters:
   _param:
     apt_mk_version: stable
+    salt_version: 2016.3
     linux_system_repo_url: http://mirror.mirantis.com/${_param:apt_mk_version}/
     linux_system_repo_mcp_saltstack_url: ${_param:linux_system_repo_url}/saltstack-2016.3/
   linux:
@@ -12,3 +13,7 @@
           source: "deb [arch=amd64] ${_param:linux_system_repo_mcp_saltstack_url}/${_param:linux_system_codename}/ ${_param:linux_system_codename} main"
           architectures: amd64
           clean_file: true
+          pin:
+          - pin: 'release o=SaltStack'
+            priority: 1100
+            package: '*'