diff --git a/scripts/update_docker.sh b/scripts/update_docker.sh
index c55dc4bc3..18b258ee4 100755
--- a/scripts/update_docker.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_docker.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ sudo rm -f `which docker`
 sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://p80.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 --recv-keys 58118E89F3A912897C070ADBF76221572C52609D
 echo "deb https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo ubuntu-trusty main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
 sudo apt-get update
-sudo apt-get install docker-engine=$DOCKER_VERSION-0~`lsb_release -cs` -y --force-yes
+sudo apt-get install -y --force-yes -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" docker-engine=$DOCKER_VERSION-0~`lsb_release -cs`
 
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