diff --git a/extensions/mesa-vpu.sh b/extensions/mesa-vpu.sh
index 3bc89d0cf..2295d8cf4 100644
--- a/extensions/mesa-vpu.sh
+++ b/extensions/mesa-vpu.sh
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ function post_install_kernel_debs__3d() {
 	fi
 
 	display_alert "Upgrading all packages, including hopefully all mesa packages" "${EXTENSION}" "info"
-	do_with_retries 3 chroot_sdcard_apt_get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold" dist-upgrade
+	do_with_retries 3 chroot_sdcard_apt_get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold" --allow-downgrades dist-upgrade
 
 	# KDE neon downgrade hack undo
 	do_with_retries 3 chroot_sdcard apt-mark unhold base-files