diff --git a/modules/openstackid/files/functions b/modules/openstackid/files/functions
index 4a5b22a3a2..a185d783ef 100644
--- a/modules/openstackid/files/functions
+++ b/modules/openstackid/files/functions
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ function site_update() {
   target_dir="$SITE_ROOT/$TARGET_SLOT"
   rm -rf $target_dir
   mkdir $target_dir
+  # fetch catalog and write actual version
+  fetch_catalog
+  RELEASE_VERSION=`catalog_get_version`
+  echo $RELEASE_VERSION > $target_dir/release
   # fetch and extract release tarball
   umask 0027
   if [[ $SOURCE_TARBALL == http* ]]; then
diff --git a/modules/openstackid/manifests/init.pp b/modules/openstackid/manifests/init.pp
index bc623dd03d..20ad686361 100644
--- a/modules/openstackid/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/modules/openstackid/manifests/init.pp
@@ -214,4 +214,19 @@ class openstackid (
       Package[$php5_packages] ],
   }
 
-}
+  exec { 'update-site':
+    path      => '/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin',
+    command   => '/opt/deploy/deploy.sh update openstackid',
+    onlyif    => '/opt/deploy/deploy.sh status openstackid | grep UPDATE',
+    logoutput => on_failure,
+    require   => [
+      File['/opt/deploy/conf.d/openstackid.conf'],
+      Apache::Vhost[$vhost_name],
+      File['/etc/openstackid/recaptcha.php'],
+      File['/etc/openstackid/database.php'],
+      File['/etc/openstackid/log.php'],
+      File['/etc/openstackid/environment.php'],
+      Package[$php5_packages] ],
+  }
+
+}
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