diff --git a/.image.env b/.image.env
index 698ac7668f..9e77d33f00 100644
--- a/.image.env
+++ b/.image.env
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Generated file, do not modify.  This file is generated from a text file containing a list of images. The
 # most recent tag is interpolated from the source repository and used to generate a fully qualified image
 # name.
-MINIO_TAG='0.20240713.014615-r0'
+MINIO_TAG='0.20240715.190230-r0'
 RQLITE_TAG='8.26.7-r0'
 DEX_TAG='2.40.0-r3'
 SCHEMAHERO_TAG='0.17.9'
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e8c70875d9..39cce09848 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include Makefile.build.mk
 CURRENT_USER := $(if $(GITHUB_USER),$(GITHUB_USER),$(shell id -u -n))
-MINIO_TAG ?= 0.20240713.014615-r0
+MINIO_TAG ?= 0.20240715.190230-r0
 RQLITE_TAG ?= 8.26.7-r0
 DEX_TAG ?= 2.40.0-r3
 LVP_TAG ?= v0.6.7
diff --git a/pkg/image/constants.go b/pkg/image/constants.go
index 67f6453a12..69e6bce6b2 100644
--- a/pkg/image/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/image/constants.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ package image
 // image name.
 
 const (
-	Minio      = "kotsadm/minio:0.20240713.014615-r0"
+	Minio      = "kotsadm/minio:0.20240715.190230-r0"
 	Rqlite     = "kotsadm/rqlite:8.26.7-r0"
 	Dex        = "kotsadm/dex:2.40.0-r3"
 	Schemahero = "schemahero/schemahero:0.17.9"
diff --git a/pkg/updatechecker/updatechecker.go b/pkg/updatechecker/updatechecker.go
index 4e5d6ea032..44438d7134 100644
--- a/pkg/updatechecker/updatechecker.go
+++ b/pkg/updatechecker/updatechecker.go
@@ -67,9 +67,8 @@ func Configure(a *apptypes.App, updateCheckerSpec string) error {
 	appId := a.GetID()
 	appSlug := a.GetSlug()
 	isAirgap := a.GetIsAirgap()
-	isEC := util.IsEmbeddedCluster()
 
-	if isAirgap || isEC {
+	if isAirgap {
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -112,6 +111,14 @@ func Configure(a *apptypes.App, updateCheckerSpec string) error {
 	jobAppSlug := appSlug
 
 	_, err := job.AddFunc(cronSpec, func() {
+		// don't check for updates if it's an embedded cluster, only send reporting info
+		if util.IsEmbeddedCluster() {
+			if err := reporting.GetReporter().SubmitAppInfo(jobAppID); err != nil {
+				logger.Debugf("failed to submit app info for app %s", jobAppSlug)
+			}
+			return
+		}
+
 		logger.Debug("checking updates for app", zap.String("slug", jobAppSlug))
 
 		opts := types.CheckForUpdatesOpts{