diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index 5ad987a..cf6e6ba 100644
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -120,7 +120,11 @@ elif [ "${OS}" == "CentOS" ]; then
    		# install the packages
         # libnsl is needed for pbis and needs to be installed already
         dnf install -y libnsl
-      	dnf install -y sudo pbis-open rsync nano htop iperf3 bind-utils unzip nfs-utils git wget net-tools make
+      	dnf install -y sudo pbis-open rsync nano htop iperf3 bind-utils unzip nfs-utils git wget net-tools make dnf-automatic
+
+        # enable automatic updates
+        sed --in-place "s/^apply_updates\ =\ no/apply_updates\ =\ yes/" /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
+        systemctl enable --now dnf-automatic.timer
         
         # install vm tools
         if [ "${VM}" == "true" ]; then