diff --git a/playbooks/manual/copr/copr-backend-upgrade.yml b/playbooks/manual/copr/copr-backend-upgrade.yml
index 9825e897d6..13b8a73479 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/copr/copr-backend-upgrade.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/copr/copr-backend-upgrade.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
       state: latest
       name:
       - copr-backend
+      - copr-cli  # copr-ping cron job needs this
       - copr-selinux
       - python3-copr
       - python3-copr-common