diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/packages b/profiles/pentoo/base/packages
index a8bd587e0..4f58b6c36 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/base/packages
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/packages
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 # list from python -c 'import portage; print("\n".join(portage.settings.packages))'
 sys-process/psmisc
 >=sys-apps/baselayout-2
-sys-apps/coreutils
+*sys-apps/coreutils
 virtual/man
 virtual/service-manager
-net-misc/wget
+*net-misc/wget
 app-arch/tar
 virtual/dev-manager
-sys-devel/gcc
+*sys-devel/gcc
 net-misc/rsync
 app-arch/bzip2
 sys-apps/less
@@ -28,22 +28,22 @@ sys-apps/file
 sys-apps/busybox
 sys-apps/diffutils
 sys-process/procps
-sys-apps/grep
-app-shells/bash:0
+*sys-apps/grep
+*app-shells/bash:0
 virtual/pager
 >=sys-apps/findutils-4.4
 sys-apps/net-tools
-sys-devel/make
+*sys-devel/make
 sys-apps/man-pages
 sys-fs/e2fsprogs
-virtual/package-manager
-virtual/libc
+*virtual/package-manager
+*virtual/libc
 sys-apps/kbd
-sys-apps/sed
+*sys-apps/sed
 sys-apps/util-linux
 sys-apps/shadow
 >=sys-devel/patch-2.7
-sys-apps/gawk
+*sys-apps/gawk
 virtual/ssh
 sys-apps/iproute2
 sys-devel/binutils
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/packages.build b/profiles/pentoo/base/packages.build
index 74732cbe5..6dc4fa165 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/base/packages.build
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/packages.build
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 sys-apps/sandbox
 app-arch/xz-utils
 app-arch/lbzip2
-#this is needed for portage-9999 which is sometimes used for testing, like right now
+#this is needed for portage-9999 which is sometimes used for testing
 dev-vcs/git
diff --git a/scripts/pentoo-updater.sh b/scripts/pentoo-updater.sh
index 3d6d5f8a5..b655d5748 100755
--- a/scripts/pentoo-updater.sh
+++ b/scripts/pentoo-updater.sh
@@ -563,6 +563,12 @@ main_checks() {
 
 main_upgrades() {
   emerge --buildpkg @changed-deps
+  if ! emerge --deep --update --newuse -kb --changed-deps --newrepo @system; then
+    emerge --deep --update --newuse -kb --changed-deps --newrepo --with-bdeps=y @system
+  fi
+  if ! emerge --deep --update --newuse -kb --changed-deps --newrepo @profile; then
+    emerge --deep --update --newuse -kb --changed-deps --newrepo --with-bdeps=y @profile
+  fi
   if ! emerge --deep --update --newuse -kb --changed-deps --newrepo @world; then
     emerge --deep --update --newuse -kb --changed-deps --newrepo --with-bdeps=y @world
   fi