diff --git a/CHANGELOG-0.9.md b/CHANGELOG-0.9.md
index 46d33121fd..7de4dd7a5d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG-0.9.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG-0.9.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 - [#2166](https://github.com/epiphany-platform/epiphany/issues/2166) - Replace Bintray repository
 - [#2012](https://github.com/epiphany-platform/epiphany/issues/2012) - Patch cgroup drivers (switch to systemd)
 - [#1824](https://github.com/epiphany-platform/epiphany/issues/1824) - offline installation fails with error 'yum lockfile is held by another process' (Azure/RHEL)
+- [#2067](https://github.com/epiphany-platform/epiphany/issues/2067) - [CentOS] epicli fails on task "repository : Wait for yum lock to be released" on CentOS Minimal
 
 ## [0.9.0] 2021-01-19
 
diff --git a/core/src/epicli/data/common/ansible/playbooks/roles/repository/tasks/RedHat/setup.yml b/core/src/epicli/data/common/ansible/playbooks/roles/repository/tasks/RedHat/setup.yml
index 49c44dbb92..0359c34031 100644
--- a/core/src/epicli/data/common/ansible/playbooks/roles/repository/tasks/RedHat/setup.yml
+++ b/core/src/epicli/data/common/ansible/playbooks/roles/repository/tasks/RedHat/setup.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,25 @@
 ---
-- name: Wait for yum lock to be released
-  yum:
-    list: installed
-  module_defaults:
-    yum: { lock_timeout: "{{ yum_lock_timeout }}" }
+# Bypass yum run by /etc/cron.daily/rhui-update-client on Azure to avoid error 'yum lockfile is held by another process'
+- name: Bypass /etc/cron.daily/rhui-update-client
+  when: specification.provider in ['azure', 'any']  # any for AzBI module
+  block:
+    - name: Check if /etc/cron.daily/rhui-update-client file exists
+      stat:
+        path: /etc/cron.daily/rhui-update-client
+        get_attributes: false
+        get_checksum: false
+        get_mime: false
+      register: stat_rhui_update_client_to_bypass
+
+    - name: Bypass /etc/cron.daily/rhui-update-client by moving to temporary location  # it's restored in teardown
+      command: mv /etc/cron.daily/rhui-update-client /var/tmp/rhui-update-client
+      when: stat_rhui_update_client_to_bypass.stat.exists
+
+- name: Wait for yum lock to be released  # do not use 'yum' module with 'list' here since it requires yum-utils package
+  wait_for:
+    path: /var/run/yum.pid
+    state: absent
+    timeout: "{{ yum_lock_timeout }}"
 
 - name: Set SELinux in permissive mode until the machine is rebooted
   command: setenforce 0
diff --git a/core/src/epicli/data/common/ansible/playbooks/roles/repository/tasks/teardown.yml b/core/src/epicli/data/common/ansible/playbooks/roles/repository/tasks/teardown.yml
index b1821a4773..9a6433e367 100644
--- a/core/src/epicli/data/common/ansible/playbooks/roles/repository/tasks/teardown.yml
+++ b/core/src/epicli/data/common/ansible/playbooks/roles/repository/tasks/teardown.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,23 @@
     - name: Disable epirepo
       shell: /tmp/epi-repository-setup-scripts/disable-epirepo-client.sh
 
+- name: Restore /etc/cron.daily/rhui-update-client
+  when:
+    - ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
+    - specification.provider in ['azure', 'any']  # any for AzBI module
+  block:
+    - name: Check if /var/tmp/rhui-update-client file exists
+      stat:
+        path: /var/tmp/rhui-update-client
+        get_attributes: false
+        get_checksum: false
+        get_mime: false
+      register: stat_rhui_update_client_to_restore
+
+    - name: Restore /etc/cron.daily/rhui-update-client
+      command: /var/tmp/rhui-update-client mv /etc/cron.daily/rhui-update-client
+      when: stat_rhui_update_client_to_restore.stat.exists
+
 - name: Remove epirepo packages directory
   file:
     state: absent