diff --git a/.vagrant-puppet/modules/apache/manifests/init.pp b/.vagrant-puppet/modules/apache/manifests/init.pp
index 917c7578f..b3465757f 100644
--- a/.vagrant-puppet/modules/apache/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/.vagrant-puppet/modules/apache/manifests/init.pp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class apache {
   }
 
   package { $apache:
-    ensure => installed,
+    ensure => latest,
     alias  => 'apache',
   }
 
diff --git a/.vagrant-puppet/modules/gcc/manifests/init.pp b/.vagrant-puppet/modules/gcc/manifests/init.pp
index 63ab314e6..f11538e2d 100644
--- a/.vagrant-puppet/modules/gcc/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/.vagrant-puppet/modules/gcc/manifests/init.pp
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 #
 class gcc {
   package { 'gcc':
-    ensure => installed,
+    ensure => latest,
   }
 }
diff --git a/.vagrant-puppet/modules/git/manifests/init.pp b/.vagrant-puppet/modules/git/manifests/init.pp
index 08cb8635c..9143e9f69 100644
--- a/.vagrant-puppet/modules/git/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/.vagrant-puppet/modules/git/manifests/init.pp
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 #
 class git {
   package { 'git':
-    ensure => installed,
+    ensure => latest,
   }
 }
diff --git a/.vagrant-puppet/modules/monitoring_plugins/manifests/init.pp b/.vagrant-puppet/modules/monitoring_plugins/manifests/init.pp
index 23b9f19d4..64d080d11 100644
--- a/.vagrant-puppet/modules/monitoring_plugins/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/.vagrant-puppet/modules/monitoring_plugins/manifests/init.pp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ class monitoring_plugins {
 
   # nagios plugins from epel
   package { 'nagios-plugins-all':
-    ensure  => installed,
+    ensure  => latest,
     require => Class['epel']
   }
 }
diff --git a/.vagrant-puppet/modules/mysql/manifests/init.pp b/.vagrant-puppet/modules/mysql/manifests/init.pp
index b96b6ac5d..a235a540c 100644
--- a/.vagrant-puppet/modules/mysql/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/.vagrant-puppet/modules/mysql/manifests/init.pp
@@ -16,11 +16,10 @@ class mysql {
 
   Exec { path => '/usr/bin' }
 
-  package {
-    'mysql':
-      ensure => installed;
-    'mysql-server':
-      ensure => installed;
+  package { [
+    'mysql', 'mysql-server'
+  ]:
+      ensure => latest,
   }
 
   service { 'mysqld':
diff --git a/.vagrant-puppet/modules/openldap/manifests/init.pp b/.vagrant-puppet/modules/openldap/manifests/init.pp
index 187a5f57b..069c4a157 100644
--- a/.vagrant-puppet/modules/openldap/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/.vagrant-puppet/modules/openldap/manifests/init.pp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 class openldap {
 
   package { ['openldap-servers', 'openldap-clients']:
-    ensure => installed
+    ensure => latest,
   }
 
   service { 'slapd':
diff --git a/.vagrant-puppet/modules/pear/manifests/init.pp b/.vagrant-puppet/modules/pear/manifests/init.pp
index 0c748f2bc..59f204457 100644
--- a/.vagrant-puppet/modules/pear/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/.vagrant-puppet/modules/pear/manifests/init.pp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class pear {
   include php
 
   package { 'php-pear':
-    ensure  => installed,
+    ensure  => latest,
     require => Class['php']
   }
 
diff --git a/.vagrant-puppet/modules/pgsql/manifests/init.pp b/.vagrant-puppet/modules/pgsql/manifests/init.pp
index 36e12bb11..4b48cf895 100644
--- a/.vagrant-puppet/modules/pgsql/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/.vagrant-puppet/modules/pgsql/manifests/init.pp
@@ -17,11 +17,10 @@ class pgsql {
 
   Exec { path => '/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin' }
 
-  package {
-    'postgresql':
-      ensure => installed;
-    'postgresql-server':
-      ensure => installed;
+  package { [
+    'postgresql', 'postgresql-server'
+  ]:
+      ensure => latest,
   }
 
   exec { 'initdb':
diff --git a/.vagrant-puppet/modules/php/manifests/init.pp b/.vagrant-puppet/modules/php/manifests/init.pp
index efb0a9946..2c9c33619 100644
--- a/.vagrant-puppet/modules/php/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/.vagrant-puppet/modules/php/manifests/init.pp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class php {
   include apache
 
   package { 'php':
-    ensure  => installed,
+    ensure  => latest,
     require => Package['apache'],
     notify  => Service['apache']
   }
diff --git a/.vagrant-puppet/modules/tar/manifests/init.pp b/.vagrant-puppet/modules/tar/manifests/init.pp
index 518c53e0c..acf85eab1 100644
--- a/.vagrant-puppet/modules/tar/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/.vagrant-puppet/modules/tar/manifests/init.pp
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 #
 class tar {
   package { 'tar':
-    ensure => installed,
+    ensure => latest,
   }
 }
diff --git a/.vagrant-puppet/modules/wget/manifests/init.pp b/.vagrant-puppet/modules/wget/manifests/init.pp
index 560e10b2f..ad1efd399 100644
--- a/.vagrant-puppet/modules/wget/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/.vagrant-puppet/modules/wget/manifests/init.pp
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
 class wget {
 
   package { 'wget':
-    ensure  => installed,
+    ensure  => latest,
   }
 }