diff --git a/scripts/openstack-update.sh b/scripts/openstack-update.sh
index cb54b859..a1e93fc1 100644
--- a/scripts/openstack-update.sh
+++ b/scripts/openstack-update.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ set -ex
 CONTAINERS_NAMESPACE=${CONTAINERS_NAMESPACE:-podified-antelope-centos9}
 CONTAINERS_TARGET_TAG=${CONTAINERS_TARGET_TAG:-current-podified}
 FAKE_UPDATE=${FAKE_UPDATE:-false}
+KPATCH_UPDATE=${KPATCH_UPDATE:-false}
 OPENSTACK_VERSION=${OPENSTACK_VERSION:-0.0.2}
 OUTFILE=${OUTFILE:-csv.yaml}
 TIMEOUT=${TIMEOUT:-1000s}
@@ -139,6 +140,19 @@ echo "MinorUpdateControlplane completed"
 # start data plane plane update for rest of edpm services
 DATAPLANE_NODESETS=$(oc get openstackdataplanenodeset -o name | awk -F'/' '{print "    - "  $2}')
 
+KPATCH_EXTRA_VAR=""
+if [ "${KPATCH_UPDATE}" != "false" ]; then
+    KPATCH_EXTRA_VAR='      edpm_update_enable_kpatch: "true"'
+fi
+
+ANSIBLE_EXTRA_VARS=""
+if [ -n "${KPATCH_EXTRA_VAR}" ]; then
+    ANSIBLE_EXTRA_VARS=' ansibleExtraVars:
+    edpm_update_enable_kpatch: "true"
+'
+fi
+
+
 cat <<EOF >edpm-deployment-update.yaml
 apiVersion: dataplane.openstack.org/v1beta1
 kind: OpenStackDataPlaneDeployment
@@ -149,6 +163,7 @@ spec:
 $DATAPLANE_NODESETS
   servicesOverride:
     - update
+$ANSIBLE_EXTRA_VARS
 EOF
 
 update_event Applying the UPDATE CRD