diff --git a/neon/data/add_testing_repo.rb b/neon/data/add_testing_repo.rb
index e23a46b..32f4100 100644
--- a/neon/data/add_testing_repo.rb
+++ b/neon/data/add_testing_repo.rb
@@ -1,35 +1,35 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2018 Bhushan Shah <bshah@kde.org>
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
 # the License or (at your option) version 3 or any later version
 # accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its successor approved
 # by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall act as a proxy
 # defined in Section 14 of version 3 of the license.
 #
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 # add /testing repo and apt update/upgrades
 
 puts "#{$0}: Adding the testing repository to verify the upgrade"
 
 ENV['DEBIAN_FRONTEND'] = 'noninteractive'
 
 File.write('/etc/apt/preferences.d/neon-testing', <<-PREFERENCE)
 Package: *
 Pin: release l=Neon - Testing
 Pin-Priority: 1001
 PREFERENCE
 
 system('add-apt-repository "deb https://archive.neon.kde.org/testing xenial main"') || raise
 system('apt update') || raise
-system('apt dist-upgrade -y --allow-downgrades') || raise
+system('apt dist-upgrade -y') || raise