diff --git a/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/install/ThingsboardInstallService.java b/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/install/ThingsboardInstallService.java
index 3fc68b9cc3..5ab3b7b28e 100644
--- a/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/install/ThingsboardInstallService.java
+++ b/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/install/ThingsboardInstallService.java
@@ -271,9 +271,8 @@ public class ThingsboardInstallService {
                         case "3.6.1":
                             log.info("Upgrading ThingsBoard from version 3.6.1 to 3.6.2 ...");
                             databaseEntitiesUpgradeService.upgradeDatabase("3.6.1");
-                            installScripts.loadSystemImages();
                             if (!getEnv("SKIP_IMAGES_MIGRATION", false)) {
-                                installScripts.updateImages();
+                                installScripts.setUpdateImages(true);
                             } else {
                                 log.info("Skipping images migration. Run the upgrade with fromVersion as '3.6.2-images' to migrate");
                             }
@@ -288,6 +287,10 @@ public class ThingsboardInstallService {
                     dataUpdateService.upgradeRuleNodes();
                     systemDataLoaderService.loadSystemWidgets();
                     installScripts.loadSystemLwm2mResources();
+                    installScripts.loadSystemImages();
+                    if (installScripts.isUpdateImages()) {
+                        installScripts.updateImages();
+                    }
                 }
                 log.info("Upgrade finished successfully!");
 
diff --git a/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/install/InstallScripts.java b/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/install/InstallScripts.java
index 598c3c8965..9373ac6d34 100644
--- a/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/install/InstallScripts.java
+++ b/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/install/InstallScripts.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 package org.thingsboard.server.service.install;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.Setter;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
@@ -113,6 +115,8 @@ public class InstallScripts {
 
     @Autowired
     private ImagesUpdater imagesUpdater;
+    @Getter @Setter
+    private boolean updateImages = false;
 
     Path getTenantRuleChainsDir() {
         return Paths.get(getDataDir(), JSON_DIR, TENANT_DIR, RULE_CHAINS_DIR);