diff --git a/integration_tests/run.sh b/integration_tests/run.sh
index 0c071d153..7303cf42a 100755
--- a/integration_tests/run.sh
+++ b/integration_tests/run.sh
@@ -6,12 +6,18 @@ cd ../v2/cmd/nuclei
 go build
 mv nuclei ../../../integration_tests/nuclei 
 echo "::endgroup::"
+
 echo "::group::Build nuclei integration-test"
 cd ../integration-test
 go build
 mv integration-test ../../../integration_tests/integration-test 
 cd ../../../integration_tests
 echo "::endgroup::"
+
+echo "::group::Installing nuclei templates"
+./nuclei -update-templates
+echo "::endgroup::"
+
 ./integration-test
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]
 then
diff --git a/v2/cmd/functional-test/run.sh b/v2/cmd/functional-test/run.sh
index f53978219..4c72641fe 100755
--- a/v2/cmd/functional-test/run.sh
+++ b/v2/cmd/functional-test/run.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ echo "::group::Building Nuclei binary from current branch"
 go build -o nuclei_dev$extension ../nuclei
 echo "::endgroup::"
 
+echo "::group::Installing nuclei templates"
+./nuclei$extension -update-templates
+echo "::endgroup::"
+
 echo "::group::Building latest release of nuclei"
 go build -o nuclei$extension -v github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/cmd/nuclei
 echo "::endgroup::"
diff --git a/v2/pkg/testutils/integration.go b/v2/pkg/testutils/integration.go
index a681c286c..455ce6d1b 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/testutils/integration.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/testutils/integration.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ func RunNucleiAndGetResults(isTemplate bool, template, url string, debug bool, e
 func RunNucleiBareArgsAndGetResults(debug bool, extra ...string) ([]string, error) {
 	cmd := exec.Command("./nuclei")
 	cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, extra...)
+	cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, "-duc") // disable auto updates
 	if debug {
 		cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, "-debug")
 		cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ var templateLoaded = regexp.MustCompile(`(?:Templates|Workflows) loaded[^:]*: (\
 // RunNucleiBinaryAndGetLoadedTemplates returns a list of results for a template
 func RunNucleiBinaryAndGetLoadedTemplates(nucleiBinary string, debug bool, args []string) (string, error) {
 	cmd := exec.Command(nucleiBinary, args...)
+	cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, "-duc") // disable auto updates
 	if debug {
 		cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, "-debug")
 		fmt.Println(cmd.String())