diff --git a/modules/utilities/unix/update/apt_upgrade/apt_upgrade.pp b/modules/utilities/unix/update/apt_upgrade/apt_upgrade.pp
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+++ b/modules/utilities/unix/update/apt_upgrade/apt_upgrade.pp
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+include apt_upgrade::apt
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diff --git a/modules/utilities/unix/update/apt_upgrade/manifests/apt.pp b/modules/utilities/unix/update/apt_upgrade/manifests/apt.pp
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+class apt_upgrade::apt {
+  case $operatingsystem {
+    'Debian': {
+      exec { 'update':
+        command => "/usr/bin/apt-get upgrade",
+        tries => 5,
+        try_sleep => 30,
+      }
+    }
+    'Ubuntu': {
+      exec { 'update':
+        command => "/usr/bin/apt-get upgrade",
+        tries => 5,
+        try_sleep => 30,
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/utilities/unix/update/apt_upgrade/secgen_metadata.xml b/modules/utilities/unix/update/apt_upgrade/secgen_metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+
+<utility xmlns="http://www.github/cliffe/SecGen/utility"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.github/cliffe/SecGen/utility">
+  <name>Unix upgrade</name>
+  <author>Thomas Shaw</author>
+  <module_license>Apache v2</module_license>
+  <description>A module to apt-get upgrade</description>
+
+  <type>upgrade</type>
+  <platform>linux</platform>
+
+  <requires>
+    <type>update</type>
+  </requires>
+
+</utility>
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