diff --git a/scripts/allow-apt-repository-changes.sh b/scripts/allow-apt-repository-changes.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..afb0c5596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/allow-apt-repository-changes.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+if [ ! -f "/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99allow-repository-change" ]; then
+    echo "Configuring APT to allow repository label and other metadata changes..."
+    
+    cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99allow-repository-change
+Acquire::AllowReleaseInfoChange::Label "true";
+Acquire::AllowReleaseInfoChange::Suite "true";
+Acquire::AllowReleaseInfoChange::Version "true";
+Acquire::AllowReleaseInfoChange::Codename "true";
+EOF
+
+    echo "APT configuration for repository changes completed."
+else
+    echo "APT already configured to handle repository changes."
+fi 
diff --git a/scripts/homestead.rb b/scripts/homestead.rb
index 1fd98ecaf..f199365d0 100644
--- a/scripts/homestead.rb
+++ b/scripts/homestead.rb
@@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ def self.configure(config, settings)
         end
       end
 
+      config.vm.provision "allow_apt_changes", type: "shell", path: script_dir + "/allow-apt-repository-changes.sh"
+
       config.vm.provision "apt_update", type: "shell", inline: "apt-get update"
 
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