diff --git a/admin/install-s3.sh b/admin/install-s3.sh
index a08c80b54a..3537c4d92f 100755
--- a/admin/install-s3.sh
+++ b/admin/install-s3.sh
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ elif [ "$UNAME" = "Linux" ] ; then
             exit 1
         fi
         echo "... installing .rpm"
-        do_with_root rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs "$FILE"
+        do_with_root rpm -U --force "$FILE"
 
     else
         echo "Unsupported Linux distribution."
diff --git a/app/meteor/update.js b/app/meteor/update.js
index e2a4036d6d..e3ad5054c8 100644
--- a/app/meteor/update.js
+++ b/app/meteor/update.js
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ updater.get_manifest(function (manifest) {
       "." + rpm_arch + ".rpm";
 
     download_callback = function (rpm_path) {
-      var proc = run_with_root('rpm', ['-Uvh', '--replacepkgs', rpm_path]);
+      var proc = run_with_root('rpm', ['-U', '--force', rpm_path]);
       proc.on('exit', function (code, signal) {
         if (code !== 0 || signal) {
           console.log("failed to install rpm");