diff --git a/sync/common b/sync/common
index 5f0efc0..aac8af0 100644
--- a/sync/common
+++ b/sync/common
@@ -226,6 +226,14 @@ function createrepo_only() {
     --workers 12
 }
 
+function createrepo_update() {
+  local TARGET="${1}"
+  local TARGET_REV="${2}"
+  createrepo --update "${TARGET}" \
+    "--distro=cpe:/o:rocky:rocky:${TARGET_REV:0:1},Rocky Linux ${TARGET_REV:0:1}" \
+    --workers 12
+}
+
 function createrepo_comps() {
   local TARGET="${1}"
   local TARGET_REV="${2}"
@@ -287,6 +295,7 @@ export -f rsync_delete_prod_dry
 
 export -f perform_hardlink
 export -f createrepo_only
+export -f createrepo_update
 export -f createrepo_comps
 export -f modifyrepo_module
 export -f sign_data
diff --git a/sync/sync-to-staging.sh b/sync/sync-to-staging.sh
index 4b4e5d1..b7a48c4 100644
--- a/sync/sync-to-staging.sh
+++ b/sync/sync-to-staging.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ if [ $ret_val -eq "0" ]; then
     test -d "${TARGET}/${src_repo}"
     ret_val=$?
     if [ $ret_val -eq "0" ]; then
-      createrepo_only "${TARGET}/${src_repo}" "${REVISION}"
+      createrepo_update "${TARGET}/${src_repo}" "${REVISION}"
       fix_metadata "${TARGET}/${src_repo}/repodata/repomd.xml"
       sign_data "${TARGET}/${src_repo}/repodata/repomd.xml"
     else
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ if [ $ret_val -eq "0" ]; then
       test -d "${TARGET}/${debug_repo}"
       ret_val=$?
       if [ $ret_val -eq "0" ]; then
-        createrepo_only "${TARGET}/${debug_repo}" "${REVISION}"
+        createrepo_update "${TARGET}/${debug_repo}" "${REVISION}"
         fix_metadata "${TARGET}/${debug_repo}/repodata/repomd.xml"
         sign_data "${TARGET}/${debug_repo}/repodata/repomd.xml"
       else
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ if [ $ret_val -eq "0" ]; then
       test -d "${TARGET}/${arch_repo}"
       ret_val=$?
       if [ $ret_val -eq "0" ]; then
-        createrepo_only "${TARGET}/${arch_repo}" "${REVISION}"
+        createrepo_update "${TARGET}/${arch_repo}" "${REVISION}"
         fix_metadata "${TARGET}/${arch_repo}/repodata/repomd.xml"
         sign_data "${TARGET}/${arch_repo}/repodata/repomd.xml"
       else