diff --git a/tripleoclient/constants.py b/tripleoclient/constants.py
index 0a4a42790..1166fcdcd 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/constants.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/constants.py
@@ -166,3 +166,11 @@ UNUSED_PARAMETER_EXCLUDES_RE = ['^(Docker|Container).*Image$',
 EXPORT_PASSWORD_EXCLUDE_PATTERNS = [
     'ceph.*'
 ]
+
+# Package that need to be to the latest before undercloud
+# update/update/ffwd.
+UNDERCLOUD_EXTRA_PACKAGES = [
+    "openstack-tripleo-heat-templates",
+    "openstack-tripleo-validations",
+    "tripleo-ansible"
+]
diff --git a/tripleoclient/tests/v1/undercloud/test_install_upgrade.py b/tripleoclient/tests/v1/undercloud/test_install_upgrade.py
index 1f8d82cef..81d718bb7 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/tests/v1/undercloud/test_install_upgrade.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/tests/v1/undercloud/test_install_upgrade.py
@@ -569,7 +569,9 @@ class TestUndercloudUpgrade(TestPluginV1):
     @mock.patch('os.mkdir')
     @mock.patch('tripleoclient.utils.write_env_file', autospec=True)
     @mock.patch('subprocess.check_call', autospec=True)
-    def test_undercloud_upgrade_default(self, mock_subprocess,
+    @mock.patch('tripleoclient.utils.run_command', autospec=True)
+    def test_undercloud_upgrade_default(self, mock_run_command,
+                                        mock_subprocess,
                                         mock_wr,
                                         mock_os, mock_copy, mock_user):
         arglist = ['--no-validations']
@@ -578,6 +580,13 @@ class TestUndercloudUpgrade(TestPluginV1):
 
         # DisplayCommandBase.take_action() returns two tuples
         self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
+        mock_run_command.assert_called_with(
+            ['sudo', 'yum', 'upgrade', '-y',
+             'openstack-tripleo-heat-templates',
+             'openstack-tripleo-validations',
+             'tripleo-ansible'],
+            name='Update extra packages'
+        )
 
         mock_subprocess.assert_called_with(
             ['sudo', '--preserve-env', 'openstack', 'tripleo', 'deploy',
@@ -634,7 +643,9 @@ class TestUndercloudUpgrade(TestPluginV1):
     @mock.patch('os.mkdir')
     @mock.patch('tripleoclient.utils.write_env_file', autospec=True)
     @mock.patch('subprocess.check_call', autospec=True)
-    def test_undercloud_upgrade_with_heat_enabled(self, mock_subprocess,
+    @mock.patch('tripleoclient.utils.run_command', autospec=True)
+    def test_undercloud_upgrade_with_heat_enabled(self, mock_run_command,
+                                                  mock_subprocess,
                                                   mock_wr, mock_os,
                                                   mock_copy, mock_user):
         arglist = ['--no-validations']
@@ -644,6 +655,14 @@ class TestUndercloudUpgrade(TestPluginV1):
         # DisplayCommandBase.take_action() returns two tuples
         self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
 
+        mock_run_command.assert_called_with(
+            ['sudo', 'yum', 'upgrade', '-y',
+             'openstack-tripleo-heat-templates',
+             'openstack-tripleo-validations',
+             'tripleo-ansible'],
+            name='Update extra packages'
+        )
+
         mock_subprocess.assert_called_with(
             ['sudo', '--preserve-env', 'openstack', 'tripleo', 'deploy',
              '--standalone', '--standalone-role', 'Undercloud', '--stack',
@@ -698,7 +717,9 @@ class TestUndercloudUpgrade(TestPluginV1):
     @mock.patch('os.mkdir')
     @mock.patch('tripleoclient.utils.write_env_file', autospec=True)
     @mock.patch('subprocess.check_call', autospec=True)
-    def test_undercloud_upgrade_with_heat_true(self, mock_subprocess,
+    @mock.patch('tripleoclient.utils.run_command', autospec=True)
+    def test_undercloud_upgrade_with_heat_true(self, mock_run_command,
+                                               mock_subprocess,
                                                mock_wr, mock_os,
                                                mock_copy, mock_user):
         arglist = ['--no-validations']
@@ -708,6 +729,14 @@ class TestUndercloudUpgrade(TestPluginV1):
         # DisplayCommandBase.take_action() returns two tuples
         self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
 
+        mock_run_command.assert_called_with(
+            ['sudo', 'yum', 'upgrade', '-y',
+             'openstack-tripleo-heat-templates',
+             'openstack-tripleo-validations',
+             'tripleo-ansible'],
+            name='Update extra packages'
+        )
+
         mock_subprocess.assert_called_with(
             ['sudo', '--preserve-env', 'openstack', 'tripleo', 'deploy',
              '--standalone', '--standalone-role', 'Undercloud', '--stack',
@@ -762,7 +791,9 @@ class TestUndercloudUpgrade(TestPluginV1):
     @mock.patch('os.mkdir')
     @mock.patch('tripleoclient.utils.write_env_file', autospec=True)
     @mock.patch('subprocess.check_call', autospec=True)
-    def test_undercloud_upgrade_with_heat_and_yes(self, mock_subprocess,
+    @mock.patch('tripleoclient.utils.run_command', autospec=True)
+    def test_undercloud_upgrade_with_heat_and_yes(self, mock_run_command,
+                                                  mock_subprocess,
                                                   mock_wr, mock_os,
                                                   mock_user, mock_copy):
         arglist = ['--no-validations', '-y']
@@ -772,6 +803,14 @@ class TestUndercloudUpgrade(TestPluginV1):
         # DisplayCommandBase.take_action() returns two tuples
         self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
 
+        mock_run_command.assert_called_with(
+            ['sudo', 'yum', 'upgrade', '-y',
+             'openstack-tripleo-heat-templates',
+             'openstack-tripleo-validations',
+             'tripleo-ansible'],
+            name='Update extra packages'
+        )
+
         mock_subprocess.assert_called_with(
             ['sudo', '--preserve-env', 'openstack', 'tripleo', 'deploy',
              '--standalone', '--standalone-role', 'Undercloud', '--stack',
@@ -827,7 +866,9 @@ class TestUndercloudUpgrade(TestPluginV1):
     @mock.patch('os.mkdir')
     @mock.patch('tripleoclient.utils.write_env_file', autospec=True)
     @mock.patch('subprocess.check_call', autospec=True)
-    def test_undercloud_upgrade_with_heat_and_debug(self, mock_subprocess,
+    @mock.patch('tripleoclient.utils.run_command', autospec=True)
+    def test_undercloud_upgrade_with_heat_and_debug(self, mock_run_command,
+                                                    mock_subprocess,
                                                     mock_wr, mock_os,
                                                     mock_copy, mock_user):
         arglist = ['--no-validations']
@@ -840,6 +881,14 @@ class TestUndercloudUpgrade(TestPluginV1):
         self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
         self.cmd.app_args.verbose_level = old_verbose
 
+        mock_run_command.assert_called_with(
+            ['sudo', 'yum', 'upgrade', '-y',
+             'openstack-tripleo-heat-templates',
+             'openstack-tripleo-validations',
+             'tripleo-ansible'],
+            name='Update extra packages'
+        )
+
         mock_subprocess.assert_called_with(
             ['sudo', '--preserve-env', 'openstack', 'tripleo', 'deploy',
              '--standalone', '--standalone-role', 'Undercloud', '--stack',
diff --git a/tripleoclient/v1/undercloud.py b/tripleoclient/v1/undercloud.py
index 53249db71..3fc2f6aec 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/v1/undercloud.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/v1/undercloud.py
@@ -165,6 +165,29 @@ class UpgradeUndercloud(InstallUndercloud):
     log = logging.getLogger(__name__ + ".UpgradeUndercloud")
     osloconfig = cfg.CONF
 
+    def _update_extra_packages(self, packages=[], dry_run=False):
+        """Necessary packages to be updated before undercloud upgrade."""
+
+        cmd = []
+        if packages:
+            cmd = ['sudo', 'yum', 'upgrade', '-y'] + packages
+
+        if cmd:
+            if not dry_run:
+                self.log.warning(
+                    "Updating necessary packages: {}\n{}".format(
+                        " ".join(packages),
+                        ("Note that tripleoclient and tripleo-common "
+                         "still need to be updated manually.")
+                    ),
+                )
+                output = utils.run_command(cmd, name="Update extra packages")
+                self.log.warning("{}".format(output))
+            else:
+                self.log.warning(
+                    "Would update necessary packages: {}".format(" ".join(cmd))
+                )
+
     def take_action(self, parsed_args):
         # Fetch configuration used to add logging to a file
         utils.load_config(self.osloconfig, constants.UNDERCLOUD_CONF_PATH)
@@ -173,6 +196,10 @@ class UpgradeUndercloud(InstallUndercloud):
         self.log.debug("take action(%s)" % parsed_args)
 
         utils.ensure_run_as_normal_user()
+
+        self._update_extra_packages(constants.UNDERCLOUD_EXTRA_PACKAGES,
+                                    parsed_args.dry_run)
+
         cmd = undercloud_config.\
             prepare_undercloud_deploy(
                 upgrade=True,
@@ -182,6 +209,7 @@ class UpgradeUndercloud(InstallUndercloud):
                 verbose_level=self.app_args.verbose_level,
                 force_stack_update=parsed_args.force_stack_update)
         self.log.warning("Running: %s" % ' '.join(cmd))
+
         if not parsed_args.dry_run:
             try:
                 subprocess.check_call(cmd)