diff --git a/manifests/repo/apt.pp b/manifests/repo/apt.pp
index 77e905d431..d26bfe2c53 100644
--- a/manifests/repo/apt.pp
+++ b/manifests/repo/apt.pp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
       release     => 'sensu',
       repos       => $repo,
       include_src => false,
+      before      => Package['sensu'],
     }
 
     apt::key { 'sensu':
diff --git a/manifests/repo/yum.pp b/manifests/repo/yum.pp
index 9c847bdd06..762b1ced1f 100644
--- a/manifests/repo/yum.pp
+++ b/manifests/repo/yum.pp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     baseurl  => 'http://repos.sensuapp.org/yum/el/$releasever/$basearch/',
     gpgcheck => 0,
     name     => "sensu-${repo}",
+    before   => Package['sensu'],
   }
 
 }