diff --git a/units/system-update.target b/units/system-update.target
index be007e306d..29812edf92 100644
--- a/units/system-update.target
+++ b/units/system-update.target
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ Description=Offline System Update
 Documentation=man:systemd.offline-updates(7)
 Documentation=man:systemd.special(7) man:systemd-system-update-generator(8)
 Requires=sysinit.target
-After=sysinit.target system-update.target
+After=sysinit.target system-update-pre.target
 AllowIsolate=yes
 Wants=system-update-cleanup.service