diff --git a/releases/specs-qemu/m68k/stage1-systemd-mu.spec b/releases/specs-qemu/m68k/stage1-systemd-mu.spec
index dae9c234..0f5b259b 100644
--- a/releases/specs-qemu/m68k/stage1-systemd-mu.spec
+++ b/releases/specs-qemu/m68k/stage1-systemd-mu.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ profile: default/linux/m68k/17.0/systemd/merged-usr
 snapshot: @TIMESTAMP@
 source_subpath: mergedusr/stage3-m68k-systemd-mergedusr-latest
 compression_mode: pixz
-update_seed: no
+update_seed: yes
 update_seed_command: -uDN @world
 portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/portage/stages-qemu
 portage_prefix: releng
diff --git a/releases/specs-qemu/mips/stage1-mipsel3-n64-systemd-mu.spec b/releases/specs-qemu/mips/stage1-mipsel3-n64-systemd-mu.spec
index 2eb2b5eb..9da5f1cd 100644
--- a/releases/specs-qemu/mips/stage1-mipsel3-n64-systemd-mu.spec
+++ b/releases/specs-qemu/mips/stage1-mipsel3-n64-systemd-mu.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ snapshot: @TIMESTAMP@
 source_subpath: mergedusr/stage3-mipsel3_n64-systemd-mergedusr-latest
 compression_mode: pixz
 decompressor_search_order: xz bzip2
-update_seed: no
+update_seed: yes
 update_seed_command: -uDN @world
 portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/portage/stages-qemu
 portage_prefix: releng
diff --git a/releases/specs/arm64/stage1-systemd-mu.spec b/releases/specs/arm64/stage1-systemd-mu.spec
index 6299d774..6bc2b825 100644
--- a/releases/specs/arm64/stage1-systemd-mu.spec
+++ b/releases/specs/arm64/stage1-systemd-mu.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ profile: default/linux/arm64/17.0/systemd/merged-usr
 snapshot: @TIMESTAMP@
 source_subpath: mergedusr/stage3-arm64-systemd-mergedusr-latest.tar.xz
 compression_mode: pixz
-update_seed: no
+update_seed: yes
 update_seed_command: --update --deep --jobs=5 --newuse --complete-graph @world
 portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/portage/stages
 portage_prefix: releng
diff --git a/releases/specs/x86/i686/stage1-systemd-mu.spec b/releases/specs/x86/i686/stage1-systemd-mu.spec
index 8c0e664f..0ab2afb6 100644
--- a/releases/specs/x86/i686/stage1-systemd-mu.spec
+++ b/releases/specs/x86/i686/stage1-systemd-mu.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ profile: default/linux/x86/17.0/systemd/merged-usr
 snapshot: @TIMESTAMP@
 source_subpath: mergedusr/stage3-i686-systemd-mergedusr-latest
 compression_mode: pixz
-update_seed: no
+update_seed: yes
 update_seed_command: --update --deep --newuse @world
 portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/portage/stages
 portage_prefix: releng