diff --git a/ct/erpnext.sh b/ct/erpnext.sh
index 4c1c6c885..1fb3dfda2 100644
--- a/ct/erpnext.sh
+++ b/ct/erpnext.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ function update_script() {
   SITE="$(ls /opt/frappe-bench/sites/*/site_config.json 2>/dev/null | head -1 | cut -d/ -f5)"
   [[ -z "$SITE" ]] && SITE="site1.local"
 
+  msg_info "Stopping ERPNext service"
+  $STD supervisorctl stop all
+  msg_ok "Stopped ERPNext service"
+
   if [[ "${FRAPPE_MAJOR:-0}" -lt 16 ]] && { [[ "${PHS_SILENT:-0}" == "1" ]] || whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --title "ERPNext v16 Major Upgrade" \
     --yesno "A major upgrade from Frappe/ERPNext v15 to v16 is available.\n\nUpgrade to v16 now?" 16 78; }; then