diff --git a/tasks/openstack_hosts_configure_zypper.yml b/tasks/openstack_hosts_configure_zypper.yml
index 034eb881..2aa8d116 100644
--- a/tasks/openstack_hosts_configure_zypper.yml
+++ b/tasks/openstack_hosts_configure_zypper.yml
@@ -79,3 +79,9 @@
   until: _adding_repo | success
   retries: 5
   delay: 2
+
+- name: Refresh repositories if necessary
+  zypper_repository:
+    repo: '*'
+    runrefresh: yes
+  when: _adding_repo | changed
diff --git a/vars/suse-42.yml b/vars/suse-42.yml
index 615ce231..99ccd1a9 100644
--- a/vars/suse-42.yml
+++ b/vars/suse-42.yml
@@ -99,9 +99,12 @@ _package_repos:
   - name: "repo-oss"
     repo: "{{ opensuse_repo_oss_url }}"
     auto_import_keys: yes
+    autorefresh: no
   - name: "repo-update"
     repo: "{{ opensuse_repo_update_url }}"
     auto_import_keys: yes
+    autorefresh: yes
   - name: "OBS:Cloud:OpenStack:Pike"
     repo: "{{ opensuse_obs_cloud_repo_url }}"
     auto_import_keys: yes
+    autorefresh: yes