diff --git a/src/etc/pkg.conf b/src/etc/pkg.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f185cf3dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/pkg.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+conservative_upgrade: yes
diff --git a/src/etc/pkg/repos/OPNsense.conf b/src/etc/pkg/repos/OPNsense.conf
index 54b26037a..7404bbeb5 100644
--- a/src/etc/pkg/repos/OPNsense.conf
+++ b/src/etc/pkg/repos/OPNsense.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 OPNsense: {
   url: "pkg+http://pkg.opnsense.org/${ABI}/latest",
   mirror_type: "srv",
+  priority: 11,
   enabled: yes
 }