diff --git a/java/code/src/com/suse/manager/reactor/messaging/RegisterMinionEventMessageAction.java b/java/code/src/com/suse/manager/reactor/messaging/RegisterMinionEventMessageAction.java
index e92049fb3c08..2d2ec34233bd 100644
--- a/java/code/src/com/suse/manager/reactor/messaging/RegisterMinionEventMessageAction.java
+++ b/java/code/src/com/suse/manager/reactor/messaging/RegisterMinionEventMessageAction.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 import com.redhat.rhn.domain.token.ActivationKeyFactory;
 import com.redhat.rhn.domain.user.User;
 import com.redhat.rhn.frontend.dto.EssentialChannelDto;
+import com.redhat.rhn.manager.action.ActionManager;
 import com.redhat.rhn.manager.distupgrade.DistUpgradeManager;
 import com.redhat.rhn.manager.entitlement.EntitlementManager;
 import com.redhat.rhn.manager.formula.FormulaMonitoringManager;
@@ -350,6 +351,7 @@ private void applyMinionStartStates(String minionId, MinionServer registeredMini
             MinionList minionTarget = new MinionList(minionId);
             saltApi.updateSystemInfo(minionTarget);
             scheduleCoCoAttestation(registeredMinion);
+            schedulePackageListRefresh(registeredMinion);
         }
     }
 
@@ -380,6 +382,29 @@ private void scheduleCoCoAttestation(MinionServer minion) {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Schedule a package list refresh when the minion supports transactional update
+     *
+     * @param minion the minion
+     */
+    private void schedulePackageListRefresh(MinionServer minion) {
+        if (!minion.doesOsSupportsTransactionalUpdate()) {
+            // no package list refresh wanted on startup
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            // eariest 1 minute later to finish the boot process
+            // randomize a bit to prevent a package list refresh storm on a mass reboot action
+            int rand = ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextInt(60, 90);
+            Date scheduleAt = Date.from(Instant.now().plus(rand, ChronoUnit.SECONDS));
+            ActionManager.schedulePackageRefresh(Optional.empty(), minion, scheduleAt);
+        }
+        catch (TaskomaticApiException e) {
+            LOG.error("Unable to schedule package list refresh action. ", e);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Reactivate the system
      * @param minionId minion id of the minion
diff --git a/java/spacewalk-java.changes.carlo.Manager-5.0-sle-micro-update b/java/spacewalk-java.changes.carlo.Manager-5.0-sle-micro-update
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cd0ab423dfb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/spacewalk-java.changes.carlo.Manager-5.0-sle-micro-update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- Fixes: updated packages list when a SLE micro
+  gets updated (bsc#1227118)