diff --git a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/mote.yml b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/mote.yml
index 7fb1bd5eb3..af1c31e1a4 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/mote.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/mote.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
   post_tasks:
   - service: name="httpd" state=restarted
+  - service: name="mote-updater" state=restarted
   - name: tell nagios to unshush
     nagios: action=unsilence service=host host={{ inventory_hostname_short }}{{ env_suffix }}
     delegate_to: noc01.phx2.fedoraproject.org