diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-xmpp b/src/freedombone-app-xmpp
index 33fe128e..5e0b06b8 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-xmpp
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-xmpp
@@ -1021,6 +1021,7 @@ function install_xmpp {
     if [ -d /etc/letsencrypt ]; then
         usermod -a -G ssl-cert prosody
     fi
+    apt-mark -q hold prosody
     systemctl restart prosody
 
     if [[ $ONION_ONLY != 'no' ]]; then