diff --git a/wp-cli-docker/roles/wordpress-init/tasks/main.yml b/wp-cli-docker/roles/wordpress-init/tasks/main.yml
index 7a40e2e2700e1656fe45d7674a59614a4f688634..2990b601793a849a62b52ead076df75acc251af1 100644
--- a/wp-cli-docker/roles/wordpress-init/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/wp-cli-docker/roles/wordpress-init/tasks/main.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@
             --admin_password="{{ WP_PASS }}"
             --admin_email="{{ WP_EMAIL }}"
 
+- name: Always execute DB update
+  shell: wp {{ cli_args }} core update-db
+
 - name: Users can update plugins from dashboard
   shell: wp {{ cli_args }} config set FS_METHOD direct --add --type=constant