diff --git a/pyanaconda/modules/payloads/payload/rpm_ostree/installation.py b/pyanaconda/modules/payloads/payload/rpm_ostree/installation.py
index 0ac8583b781..f5ea666cf27 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/modules/payloads/payload/rpm_ostree/installation.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/modules/payloads/payload/rpm_ostree/installation.py
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ def _install_bootupd(self):
                 "install",
                 "--auto",
                 "--write-uuid",
+                "--update-firmware",
                 "--device",
                 dev_data.path,
                 "/",
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/pyanaconda_tests/modules/payloads/payload/test_rpm_ostree_tasks.py b/tests/unit_tests/pyanaconda_tests/modules/payloads/payload/test_rpm_ostree_tasks.py
index 264ad82c14b..4b951231bd5 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/pyanaconda_tests/modules/payloads/payload/test_rpm_ostree_tasks.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/pyanaconda_tests/modules/payloads/payload/test_rpm_ostree_tasks.py
@@ -777,8 +777,8 @@ def test_bootupd_run(self, devdata_mock, storage_mock, symlink_mock, rename_mock
             exec_mock.assert_has_calls([
                 call(
                     "bootupctl",
-                    ["backend", "install", "--auto", "--write-uuid", "--device",
-                     "/dev/btldr-drv", "/"],
+                    ["backend", "install", "--auto", "--write-uuid", "--update-firmware",
+                     "--device", "/dev/btldr-drv", "/"],
                     root=sysroot
                 ),
                 call(