diff --git a/bin/omarchy-update-system-pkgs b/bin/omarchy-update-system-pkgs
index 9b65fd09..fec84a42 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-update-system-pkgs
+++ b/bin/omarchy-update-system-pkgs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 echo -e "\e[32m\nUpdate system packages\e[0m"
-yay -Syu --noconfirm
+yay -Syu --noconfirm --ignore uwsm
 echo
diff --git a/install/config/login.sh b/install/config/login.sh
index 774fa5ec..d92d97d5 100644
--- a/install/config/login.sh
+++ b/install/config/login.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 # Hyprland launched via UWSM and login directly as user, rely on disk encryption + hyprlock for security
 if ! command -v uwsm &>/dev/null || ! command -v plymouth &>/dev/null; then
-  yay -S --noconfirm --needed uwsm plymouth
+  sudo pacman -U --noconfirm https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/u/uwsm/uwsm-0.23.0-1-any.pkg.tar.zst
+  yay -S --noconfirm --needed plymouth
 fi
 
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