diff --git a/roles/grafana/templates/grafana-container.service.j2 b/roles/grafana/templates/grafana-container.service.j2
index 5eeba35..1aa95b9 100644
--- a/roles/grafana/templates/grafana-container.service.j2
+++ b/roles/grafana/templates/grafana-container.service.j2
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ After=network-online.target
 [Service]
 User=grafana
 EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/grafana-container
+ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/podman pull docker.io/grafana/grafana:{{ grafana_version }}
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman run \
     --rm -p 127.0.0.1:8002:3000 \
     --name grafana \