diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/stage1-nomultilib.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/stage1-nomultilib.spec
index 8b9ca691..d67a8464 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/stage1-nomultilib.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/stage1-nomultilib.spec
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ rel_type: hardened
 profile: hardened/linux/amd64/no-multilib
 snapshot: 2008.0
 source_subpath: hardened/stage3-amd64-hardened+nomultilib-latest
-update_seed:
+update_seed: yes
diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/stage1.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/stage1.spec
index 2470e298..3834b056 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/stage1.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/stage1.spec
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ rel_type: hardened
 profile: hardened/linux/amd64
 snapshot: 2008.0
 source_subpath: hardened/stage3-amd64-hardened-latest
-update_seed:
+update_seed: yes
diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage1-nomultilib.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage1-nomultilib.spec
index e8f5301f..8feb407d 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage1-nomultilib.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage1-nomultilib.spec
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ rel_type: default
 profile: default/linux/amd64/10.0/no-multilib
 snapshot: 2008.0
 source_subpath: default/stage3-amd64-nomultilib-latest
-update_seed:
+update_seed: yes
diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage1.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage1.spec
index 8da28c8a..3fc333a4 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage1.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage1.spec
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ rel_type: default
 profile: default/linux/amd64/10.0
 snapshot: 2008.0
 source_subpath: default/stage3-amd64-latest
-update_seed: 
+update_seed: yes
diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/x86/hardened/stage1.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/x86/hardened/stage1.spec
index 87b8559d..a9ebb065 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/x86/hardened/stage1.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/x86/hardened/stage1.spec
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ rel_type: hardened
 profile: hardened/linux/x86
 snapshot: 2008.0
 source_subpath: hardened/stage3-i686-hardened-latest
-update_seed:
+update_seed: yes
diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/x86/i686/stage1.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/x86/i686/stage1.spec
index d3e05484..19169c21 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/x86/i686/stage1.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/x86/i686/stage1.spec
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ rel_type: default
 profile: default/linux/x86/10.0
 snapshot: 2008.0
 source_subpath: default/stage3-i686-latest
-update_seed:
+update_seed: yes
diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/x86/stage1.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/x86/stage1.spec
index d3550fc4..4e2bfb2d 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/x86/stage1.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/x86/stage1.spec
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ rel_type: default
 profile: default/linux/x86/10.0
 snapshot: 2008.0
 source_subpath: default/stage3-i486-latest
-update_seed:
+update_seed: yes