diff --git a/meta-balena-common/recipes-containers/balena-supervisor/balena-supervisor/update-balena-supervisor.service b/meta-balena-common/recipes-containers/balena-supervisor/balena-supervisor/update-balena-supervisor.service
index 55560e1e3b..ae46ffb2f9 100644
--- a/meta-balena-common/recipes-containers/balena-supervisor/balena-supervisor/update-balena-supervisor.service
+++ b/meta-balena-common/recipes-containers/balena-supervisor/balena-supervisor/update-balena-supervisor.service
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Type=simple
 ExecStart=@BASE_BINDIR@/sh @BINDIR@/update-balena-supervisor
 StandardOutput=null
 StandardError=null
+Requires=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target
 
 [Install]
 Alias=update-resin-supervisor.service