diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5fc404e57..1eac33901 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dist
+dist*
 .tmp
 .idea
 /.vscode/
diff --git a/agent.go b/agent.go
index 40afe7ef5..8f564bb91 100644
--- a/agent.go
+++ b/agent.go
@@ -211,6 +211,9 @@ type (
 	DeployOptions struct {
 		DeployerBaseOptions
 		Prune bool
+		// Task is the name of the short lived task to deploy, if non empty will run the service as a task
+		// (docker compose will be run with `run --rm` instead of `up`)
+		Task string
 	}
 
 	RemoveOptions struct {
diff --git a/edge/stack/stack.go b/edge/stack/stack.go
index a55be13f0..3ecfe11bb 100644
--- a/edge/stack/stack.go
+++ b/edge/stack/stack.go
@@ -567,6 +567,11 @@ func (manager *StackManager) deployStack(ctx context.Context, stack *edgeStack,
 
 		envVars := buildEnvVarsForDeployer(stack.EnvVars)
 
+		task := ""
+		if stack.EdgeUpdateID != 0 {
+			task = "updater"
+		}
+
 		err = manager.deployer.Deploy(ctx, stackName, []string{stackFileLocation},
 			agent.DeployOptions{
 				DeployerBaseOptions: agent.DeployerBaseOptions{
@@ -574,6 +579,7 @@ func (manager *StackManager) deployStack(ctx context.Context, stack *edgeStack,
 					WorkingDir: stack.FileFolder,
 					Env:        envVars,
 				},
+				Task: task,
 			},
 		)
 
diff --git a/exec/docker_compose_stack.go b/exec/docker_compose_stack.go
index deaf33770..899a4a65c 100644
--- a/exec/docker_compose_stack.go
+++ b/exec/docker_compose_stack.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/portainer/agent"
 	libstack "github.com/portainer/portainer/pkg/libstack"
 	"github.com/portainer/portainer/pkg/libstack/compose"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 )
 
 // DockerComposeStackService represents a service for managing stacks by using the Docker binary.
@@ -30,6 +31,22 @@ func NewDockerComposeStackService(binaryPath string) (*DockerComposeStackService
 
 // Deploy executes the docker stack deploy command.
 func (service *DockerComposeStackService) Deploy(ctx context.Context, name string, filePaths []string, options agent.DeployOptions) error {
+
+	if options.Task != "" {
+		log.Debug().
+			Str("task name", options.Task).
+			Msg("Detected short lived task run")
+
+		return service.deployer.Run(ctx, filePaths, options.Task, libstack.RunOptions{
+			Options: libstack.Options{
+				ProjectName: name,
+				WorkingDir:  options.WorkingDir,
+				Env:         options.Env,
+			},
+			Remove: true,
+		})
+	}
+
 	return service.deployer.Deploy(ctx, filePaths, libstack.DeployOptions{
 		Options: libstack.Options{
 			ProjectName: name,
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bcf26989c..a9f16de68 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0-rc5
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
-	github.com/portainer/portainer v0.6.1-0.20240116212059-47f29002f0dc
+	github.com/portainer/portainer v0.6.1-0.20240123081012-ff330ccf4005
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.29.0
 	github.com/wI2L/jsondiff v0.2.0
 	gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 63c6fb210..aaa512e64 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -277,12 +277,8 @@ github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
-github.com/portainer/portainer v0.6.1-0.20240112073152-f9c0a1c26b72 h1:3grxIEsc2GPBXZga6tA5P0dTjHGFUiE5rKvnV6+kB3I=
-github.com/portainer/portainer v0.6.1-0.20240112073152-f9c0a1c26b72/go.mod h1:4sPWxbrwbD8T+W4EEwRWPTq8goN8n3ntlQm6AmZC+XA=
-github.com/portainer/portainer v0.6.1-0.20240115043120-17c6eb6d423a h1:AUNvx2+hfvm5TEk1UBiK4zfqM7x5lyRNh1nWKUE8nn4=
-github.com/portainer/portainer v0.6.1-0.20240115043120-17c6eb6d423a/go.mod h1:4sPWxbrwbD8T+W4EEwRWPTq8goN8n3ntlQm6AmZC+XA=
-github.com/portainer/portainer v0.6.1-0.20240116212059-47f29002f0dc h1:6E+0WPzNvCVLdtvqHvrIQEYI2CwLxhgzusu8TKXji6Q=
-github.com/portainer/portainer v0.6.1-0.20240116212059-47f29002f0dc/go.mod h1:4sPWxbrwbD8T+W4EEwRWPTq8goN8n3ntlQm6AmZC+XA=
+github.com/portainer/portainer v0.6.1-0.20240123081012-ff330ccf4005 h1:PyeHnran8CY88LRCpOpNP/GZWJzTOu7brz7Cf3pblOo=
+github.com/portainer/portainer v0.6.1-0.20240123081012-ff330ccf4005/go.mod h1:4sPWxbrwbD8T+W4EEwRWPTq8goN8n3ntlQm6AmZC+XA=
 github.com/posener/complete v1.1.1/go.mod h1:em0nMJCgc9GFtwrmVmEMR/ZL6WyhyjMBndrE9hABlRI=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.2/go.mod h1:OsXs2jCmiKlQ1lTBmv21f2mNfw4xf/QclQDMrYNZzcM=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20180712105110-5c3871d89910/go.mod h1:MbSGuTsp3dbXC40dX6PRTWyKYBIrTGTE9sqQNg2J8bo=