diff --git a/playbooks/files/ood_templates/slurm/impi_pingpong/pingpong.sh b/playbooks/files/ood_templates/slurm/impi_pingpong/pingpong.sh
index 6f5dba33..3f4222bb 100644
--- a/playbooks/files/ood_templates/slurm/impi_pingpong/pingpong.sh
+++ b/playbooks/files/ood_templates/slurm/impi_pingpong/pingpong.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #SBATCH -p hpc
 #SBATCH -t 5
 #SBATCH --export=NONE
-#SBACTH --exclusive
+#SBATCH --exclusive
 
 source /etc/profile.d/modules.sh
 module use /usr/share/Modules/modulefiles
diff --git a/playbooks/ood.yml b/playbooks/ood.yml
index 8d35e373..220db679 100644
--- a/playbooks/ood.yml
+++ b/playbooks/ood.yml
@@ -628,4 +628,4 @@
       apply: 
         become: true
     vars:
-      packages_to_exclude_from_upgrade: "{{ (['ondemand','amlfs', 'jetpack8'] if ( lustre.create | default(false)) else ['ondemand', 'jetpack8']) }}"
+      packages_to_exclude_from_upgrade: "{{ (['ondemand','amlfs'] if ( lustre.create | default(false)) else ['ondemand']) }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/pbsserver/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/pbsserver/tasks/main.yml
index 4e24f8cc..417bef28 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/pbsserver/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/pbsserver/tasks/main.yml
@@ -117,13 +117,37 @@
   args:
     chdir: /opt/cycle/pbspro
 
-- name: Restart pbs-server 
-  service: 
-    name: pbs
-    state: restarted
-
 - name: create cron entry to remove old accounting files
   cron:
     name: "remove PBS accounting files older than 90 days"
     special_time: daily
     job: "find /var/spool/pbs/server_logs -mtime +90 -type f -print -exec rm {} +"
+
+- name: Update Packages
+  include_role:
+    name: pkg_update
+    apply: 
+      become: true
+
+- name: stop postgresql 
+  service: 
+    name: postgresql
+    state: stopped
+
+- name: stop pbs-server 
+  service: 
+    name: pbs
+    state: stopped
+
+- name: start postgresql 
+  service: 
+    name: postgresql
+    state: started
+
+- name: start pbs-server 
+  service: 
+    name: pbs
+    state: started
+
+- name: check pbs connection
+  command: qstat
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/pkg_update/tasks/Ubuntu.yml b/playbooks/roles/pkg_update/tasks/Ubuntu.yml
index ec65ed1a..5747f459 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/pkg_update/tasks/Ubuntu.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/pkg_update/tasks/Ubuntu.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,19 @@
   ansible.builtin.apt:
     name: "*"
     state: latest
+  # https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/51663
+  # There has been an intermittent issue with this task where it would fail and print the error:
+  # 
+  #     Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process
+  #     using it?
+  #
+  # The reason for this is unclear. It's not from unattended-upgrades as that has already been
+  # uninstalled when creating the base image. The workaround for now is to simply retry this task
+  # several times in the event that it fails, with a small delay between each attempt.
+  register: result
+  until: result is not failed
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 15
 
 - name: Check if reboot is required
   stat:
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/slurm/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/slurm/tasks/main.yml
index a6b9df7e..6c50d150 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/slurm/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/slurm/tasks/main.yml
@@ -14,3 +14,11 @@
 
 - import_tasks: '{{slurm_role}}.yml'
   become: true
+
+- name: Update Packages
+  include_role:
+    name: pkg_update
+    apply: 
+      become: true
+  vars:
+    packages_to_exclude_from_upgrade: "['jetpack8']"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/slurm/tasks/slurmserver.yml b/playbooks/roles/slurm/tasks/slurmserver.yml
index 1a28a07d..1ed49437 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/slurm/tasks/slurmserver.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/slurm/tasks/slurmserver.yml
@@ -129,3 +129,4 @@
 - import_tasks: pyxis.yml
   become: true
   tags: [ 'pyxis' ]
+
diff --git a/playbooks/scheduler.yml b/playbooks/scheduler.yml
index 62f58f28..72d8e99e 100644
--- a/playbooks/scheduler.yml
+++ b/playbooks/scheduler.yml
@@ -44,10 +44,3 @@
       cc_webserverpath: '{{cyclecloud.web_server_path | default("")}}'      
     when: ( queue_manager is defined and queue_manager == "slurm" )
 
-  - name: Update Packages
-    include_role:
-      name: pkg_update
-      apply: 
-        become: true
-    vars:
-      packages_to_exclude_from_upgrade: "['jetpack8']"