diff --git a/qa/Rakefile b/qa/Rakefile
index fdaf91556..5c8ea3cf7 100644
--- a/qa/Rakefile
+++ b/qa/Rakefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require "rspec"
 require "rspec/core/runner"
 require "rspec/core/rake_task"
-require_relative "vagrant-helpers"
+require_relative "vagrant/helpers"
 require_relative "platform_config"
 
 platforms = PlatformConfig.new
diff --git a/qa/Vagrantfile b/qa/Vagrantfile
index fa98a6f93..280a87594 100644
--- a/qa/Vagrantfile
+++ b/qa/Vagrantfile
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
         sh.path = "sys/#{platform.type}/bootstrap.sh"
         sh.privileged = true
       end
+      machine.vm.provision :shell do |sh|
+        sh.path = "sys/#{platform.type}/user_bootstrap.sh"
+        sh.privileged = false
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/qa/acceptance/spec/lib/artifact_operation_spec.rb b/qa/acceptance/spec/lib/artifact_operation_spec.rb
index 49094dba7..faf722673 100644
--- a/qa/acceptance/spec/lib/artifact_operation_spec.rb
+++ b/qa/acceptance/spec/lib/artifact_operation_spec.rb
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 require_relative '../spec_helper'
 require_relative '../shared_examples/installed'
 require_relative '../shared_examples/running'
+require_relative '../shared_examples/updated'
 
 describe "artifacts operation" do
   config = ServiceTester.configuration
   config.servers.each do |address|
     logstash = ServiceTester::Artifact.new(address, config.lookup[address])
     it_behaves_like "installable", logstash
-    it_behaves_like "runnable",    logstash
+    it_behaves_like "updated", logstash
   end
 end
diff --git a/qa/acceptance/spec/shared_examples/installed.rb b/qa/acceptance/spec/shared_examples/installed.rb
index 9ca89ab00..045003433 100644
--- a/qa/acceptance/spec/shared_examples/installed.rb
+++ b/qa/acceptance/spec/shared_examples/installed.rb
@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@ RSpec.shared_examples "installable" do |logstash|
     logstash.install(LOGSTASH_VERSION)
   end
 
-  it "is installed on #{logstash.host}" do
+  it "is installed on #{logstash.hostname}" do
     expect(logstash).to be_installed
   end
 
-  it "is running on #{logstash.host}" do
+  it "is running on #{logstash.hostname}" do
     logstash.start_service
     expect(logstash).to be_running
     logstash.stop_service
   end
 
-  it "is removable on #{logstash.host}" do
+  it "is removable on #{logstash.hostname}" do
     logstash.uninstall
     expect(logstash).to be_removed
   end
diff --git a/qa/acceptance/spec/shared_examples/running.rb b/qa/acceptance/spec/shared_examples/running.rb
index 0e2166f70..787a43c39 100644
--- a/qa/acceptance/spec/shared_examples/running.rb
+++ b/qa/acceptance/spec/shared_examples/running.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ RSpec.shared_examples "runnable" do |logstash|
     logstash.install(LOGSTASH_VERSION)
   end
 
-  it "is running on #{logstash.host}" do
+  it "is running on #{logstash.hostname}" do
     logstash.start_service
     expect(logstash).to be_running
     logstash.stop_service
diff --git a/qa/acceptance/spec/shared_examples/updated.rb b/qa/acceptance/spec/shared_examples/updated.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60409a4bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/acceptance/spec/shared_examples/updated.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+require_relative '../spec_helper'
+require          'logstash/version'
+
+RSpec.shared_examples "updated" do |logstash|
+
+  before (:all) { logstash.snapshot }
+  after  (:all) { logstash.restore }
+
+  it "can update on #{logstash.hostname}" do
+    logstash.install(LOGSTASH_LATEST_VERSION, "./")
+    expect(logstash).to be_installed
+    logstash.install(LOGSTASH_VERSION)
+    expect(logstash).to be_installed
+  end
+
+  it "can run on #{logstash.hostname}" do
+    logstash.start_service
+    expect(logstash).to be_running
+    logstash.stop_service
+  end
+end
diff --git a/qa/acceptance/spec/spec_helper.rb b/qa/acceptance/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 1aefa9192..8cceefd5c 100644
--- a/qa/acceptance/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/qa/acceptance/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ end
 
 platform = ENV['LS_TEST_PLATFORM'] || 'all'
 
-config   = PlatformConfig.new
+config                  = PlatformConfig.new
+LOGSTASH_LATEST_VERSION = config.latest
+
 default_vagrant_boxes = ( platform == 'all' ? config.platforms : config.filter_type(platform) )
 
 selected_boxes = if ENV.include?('LS_VAGRANT_HOST') then
diff --git a/qa/config/platforms.json b/qa/config/platforms.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d918a4985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/config/platforms.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{ 
+  "latest": "5.0.0-alpha2",
+  "platforms" : {
+    "ubuntu-1204": { "box": "elastic/ubuntu-12.04-x86_64", "type": "debian" },
+    "ubuntu-1404": { "box": "elastic/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64", "type": "debian" },
+    "ubuntu-1504": { "box": "elastic/ubuntu-15.04-x86_64", "type": "debian" },
+    "centos-6": { "box": "elastic/centos-6-x86_64", "type": "redhat" },
+    "centos-7": { "box": "elastic/centos-7-x86_64", "type": "redhat" },
+    "oel-6": { "box": "elastic/oraclelinux-6-x86_64", "type": "redhat" },
+    "oel-7": { "box": "elastic/oraclelinux-7-x86_64", "type": "redhat" },
+    "fedora-22": { "box": "elastic/fedora-22-x86_64", "type": "redhat" },
+    "debian-8": { "box": "elastic/debian-8-x86_64", "type": "debian" },
+    "opensuse-13": { "box": "elastic/opensuse-13-x86_64", "type": "suse" },
+    "sles-12": { "box": "elastic/sles-12-x86_64", "type": "suse" }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/qa/platform_config.rb b/qa/platform_config.rb
index 9827f6ea8..a8c4940d1 100644
--- a/qa/platform_config.rb
+++ b/qa/platform_config.rb
@@ -5,20 +5,20 @@ class PlatformConfig
 
   Platform = Struct.new(:name, :box, :type)
 
-  DEFAULT_CONFIG_LOCATION = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "platforms.json").freeze
+  DEFAULT_CONFIG_LOCATION = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "config", "platforms.json").freeze
 
-  attr_reader :platforms
+  attr_reader :platforms, :latest
 
   def initialize(config_path = DEFAULT_CONFIG_LOCATION)
     @config_path = config_path
     @platforms = []
 
     data = JSON.parse(File.read(@config_path))
-    data.each do |k, v|
+    data["platforms"].each do |k, v|
       @platforms << Platform.new(k, v["box"], v["type"])
     end
-
     @platforms.sort! { |a, b| a.name <=> b.name }
+    @latest = data["latest"]
   end
 
   def find!(platform_name)
diff --git a/qa/platforms.json b/qa/platforms.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 157f87cbe..000000000
--- a/qa/platforms.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{ 
-  "ubuntu-1204": { "box": "elastic/ubuntu-12.04-x86_64", "type": "debian" },
-  "ubuntu-1404": { "box": "elastic/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64", "type": "debian" },
-  "ubuntu-1504": { "box": "elastic/ubuntu-15.04-x86_64", "type": "debian" },
-  "centos-6": { "box": "elastic/centos-6-x86_64", "type": "redhat" },
-  "centos-7": { "box": "elastic/centos-7-x86_64", "type": "redhat" },
-  "oel-6": { "box": "elastic/oraclelinux-6-x86_64", "type": "redhat" },
-  "oel-7": { "box": "elastic/oraclelinux-7-x86_64", "type": "redhat" },
-  "fedora-22": { "box": "elastic/fedora-22-x86_64", "type": "redhat" },
-  "debian-8": { "box": "elastic/debian-8-x86_64", "type": "debian" },
-  "opensuse-13": { "box": "elastic/opensuse-13-x86_64", "type": "suse" },
-  "sles-12": { "box": "elastic/sles-12-x86_64", "type": "suse" }
-}
diff --git a/qa/rspec/commands.rb b/qa/rspec/commands.rb
index 8f868ea8c..57c67a814 100644
--- a/qa/rspec/commands.rb
+++ b/qa/rspec/commands.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ module ServiceTester
       @client  = CommandsFactory.fetch(options["type"], options["host"])
     end
 
+    def hostname
+      @options["host"]
+    end
+
     def name
       "logstash"
     end
@@ -28,6 +32,14 @@ module ServiceTester
       [@host]
     end
 
+    def snapshot
+      client.snapshot(@options["host"])
+    end
+
+    def restore
+      client.restore(@options["host"])
+    end
+
     def start_service
       client.start_service(name, host)
     end
@@ -36,8 +48,8 @@ module ServiceTester
       client.stop_service(name, host)
     end
 
-    def install(version)
-      package = client.package_for(version)
+    def install(version, base=ServiceTester::Base::LOCATION)
+      package = client.package_for(version, base)
       client.install(package, host)
     end
 
diff --git a/qa/rspec/commands/base.rb b/qa/rspec/commands/base.rb
index 148dcdd9e..0f4f6daa2 100644
--- a/qa/rspec/commands/base.rb
+++ b/qa/rspec/commands/base.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
+require_relative "../../vagrant/helpers"
 
 module ServiceTester
 
@@ -6,6 +7,14 @@ module ServiceTester
 
     LOCATION="/logstash-build".freeze
 
+    def snapshot(host)
+      LogStash::VagrantHelpers.save_snapshot(host)
+    end
+
+    def restore(host)
+      LogStash::VagrantHelpers.restore_snapshot(host)
+    end
+
     def start_service(service, host=nil)
       service_manager(service, "start", host)
     end
diff --git a/qa/rspec/commands/debian.rb b/qa/rspec/commands/debian.rb
index 3dabb1d31..e007de88f 100644
--- a/qa/rspec/commands/debian.rb
+++ b/qa/rspec/commands/debian.rb
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ module ServiceTester
       stdout.match(/^Status: install ok installed$/)
     end
 
-    def package_for(version)
-      File.join(ServiceTester::Base::LOCATION, "logstash-#{version}_all.deb")
+    def package_for(version, base=ServiceTester::Base::LOCATION)
+      File.join(base, "logstash-#{version}_all.deb")
     end
 
     def install(package, host=nil)
diff --git a/qa/rspec/commands/redhat.rb b/qa/rspec/commands/redhat.rb
index 707261123..d29934da3 100644
--- a/qa/rspec/commands/redhat.rb
+++ b/qa/rspec/commands/redhat.rb
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ module ServiceTester
       stdout.match(/^logstash.noarch/)
     end
 
-    def package_for(version)
-      File.join(ServiceTester::Base::LOCATION, "logstash-#{version}.noarch.rpm")
+    def package_for(version, base=ServiceTester::Base::LOCATION)
+      File.join(base, "logstash-#{version}.noarch.rpm")
     end
 
     def install(package, host=nil)
diff --git a/qa/sys/debian/bootstrap.sh b/qa/sys/debian/bootstrap.sh
index 7d385b934..29c2c8403 100644
--- a/qa/sys/debian/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/qa/sys/debian/bootstrap.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+add-apt-repository ppa:openjdk-r/ppa
 apt-get update
-apt-get install -y openjdk-7-jdk
+apt-get install -y openjdk-8-jdk
+update-alternatives --config java
+update-alternatives --config javac
diff --git a/qa/sys/debian/user_bootstrap.sh b/qa/sys/debian/user_bootstrap.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..19cd405f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/sys/debian/user_bootstrap.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+VERSION=`cat /vagrant/config/platforms.json | grep  latest | cut -d":" -f2 | sed 's/["\|,| ]//g'`
+LOGSTASH_FILENAME="logstash-${VERSION}_all.deb"
+wget -q https://download.elastic.co/logstash/logstash/packages/debian/$LOGSTASH_FILENAME
diff --git a/qa/sys/redhat/user_bootstrap.sh b/qa/sys/redhat/user_bootstrap.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2961e53ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/sys/redhat/user_bootstrap.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+VERSION=`cat /vagrant/config/platforms.json | grep  latest | cut -d":" -f2 | sed 's/["\|,| ]//g'`
+LOGSTASH_FILENAME="logstash-${VERSION}.noarch.rpm"
+wget -q https://download.elastic.co/logstash/logstash/packages/centos/$LOGSTASH_FILENAME
diff --git a/qa/sys/suse/user_bootstrap.sh b/qa/sys/suse/user_bootstrap.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1f641af1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/sys/suse/user_bootstrap.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
diff --git a/qa/vagrant-helpers.rb b/qa/vagrant-helpers.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 70cb870bb..000000000
--- a/qa/vagrant-helpers.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-# encoding: utf-8
-require "open3"
-require "bundler"
-
-module LogStash
-  class CommandExecutor
-    class CommandError < StandardError; end
-
-    class CommandResponse
-      attr_reader :stdin, :stdout, :stderr, :exitstatus
-
-      def initialize(stdin, stdout, stderr, exitstatus)
-        @stdin = stdin, 
-        @stdout = stdout
-        @stderr = stderr
-        @exitstatus = exitstatus
-      end
-
-      def success?
-        exitstatus == 0
-      end
-    end
-
-    def self.run(cmd)
-      # This block is require to be able to launch a ruby subprocess
-      # that use bundler.
-      Bundler.with_clean_env do
-        Open3.popen3(cmd) do |stdin, stdout, stderr, wait_thr|
-          CommandResponse.new(stdin, stdout.read.chomp, stderr.read.chomp, wait_thr.value.exitstatus)
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-    # This method will raise an exception if the `CMD`
-    # was not run successfully and will display the content of STDERR
-    def self.run!(cmd)
-      response = run(cmd)
-
-      unless response.success?
-        raise CommandError, "CMD: #{cmd} STDERR: #{response.stderr}"
-      end
-      response
-    end
-  end
-
-  class VagrantHelpers
-
-    def self.halt(machines="")
-      CommandExecutor.run!("vagrant halt #{machines.join(' ')}")
-    end
-
-    def self.destroy(machines="")
-      CommandExecutor.run!("vagrant destroy --force #{machines.join(' ')}") 
-    end
-
-    def self.bootstrap(machines="")
-      CommandExecutor.run!("vagrant up #{machines.join(' ')}")
-    end
-
-    def self.fetch_config
-      cmd      = CommandExecutor.run!("vagrant status")
-      machines = cmd.stdout.split("\n").select { |m| m.include?("running") }.map { |s| s.split(" ")[0] }
-      CommandExecutor.run!("vagrant ssh-config #{machines.join(' ')}")
-    end
-
-    def self.parse(lines)
-      hosts, host = [], {}
-      lines.each do |line|
-        if line.match(/Host\s(.*)$/)
-          host = { :host => line.gsub("Host","").strip }
-        elsif line.match(/HostName\s(.*)$/)
-          host[:hostname] = line.gsub("HostName","").strip
-        elsif line.match(/Port\s(.*)$/)
-          host[:port]     = line.gsub("Port","").strip
-        elsif line.empty?
-          hosts << host
-          host = {}
-        end
-      end
-      hosts << host
-      hosts
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/qa/vagrant/command.rb b/qa/vagrant/command.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..740514df8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/vagrant/command.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+require "open3"
+require "bundler"
+
+module LogStash
+  class CommandExecutor
+    class CommandError < StandardError; end
+
+    class CommandResponse
+      attr_reader :stdin, :stdout, :stderr, :exitstatus
+
+      def initialize(stdin, stdout, stderr, exitstatus)
+        @stdin = stdin
+        @stdout = stdout
+        @stderr = stderr
+        @exitstatus = exitstatus
+      end
+
+      def success?
+        exitstatus == 0
+      end
+    end
+
+    def self.run(cmd)
+      # This block is require to be able to launch a ruby subprocess
+      # that use bundler.
+      Bundler.with_clean_env do
+        Open3.popen3(cmd) do |stdin, stdout, stderr, wait_thr|
+          CommandResponse.new(stdin, stdout.read.chomp, stderr.read.chomp, wait_thr.value.exitstatus)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    # This method will raise an exception if the `CMD`
+    # was not run successfully and will display the content of STDERR
+    def self.run!(cmd)
+      response = run(cmd)
+
+      unless response.success?
+        raise CommandError, "CMD: #{cmd} STDERR: #{response.stderr}"
+      end
+      response
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/qa/vagrant/helpers.rb b/qa/vagrant/helpers.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b2a63929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/vagrant/helpers.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+require "open3"
+require "bundler"
+require_relative "command"
+
+module LogStash
+  class VagrantHelpers
+
+    def self.halt(machines="")
+      CommandExecutor.run!("vagrant halt #{machines.join(' ')}")
+    end
+
+    def self.destroy(machines="")
+      CommandExecutor.run!("vagrant destroy --force #{machines.join(' ')}") 
+    end
+
+    def self.bootstrap(machines="")
+      CommandExecutor.run!("vagrant up #{machines.join(' ')}")
+    end
+
+    def self.save_snapshot(machine="")
+      CommandExecutor.run!("vagrant snapshot save #{machine} #{machine}-snapshot")
+    end
+
+    def self.restore_snapshot(machine="")
+      CommandExecutor.run!("vagrant snapshot restore #{machine} #{machine}-snapshot")
+    end
+
+    def self.fetch_config
+      machines = CommandExecutor.run!("vagrant status").stdout.split("\n").select { |l| l.include?("running") }.map { |r| r.split(' ')[0]}
+      CommandExecutor.run!("vagrant ssh-config #{machines.join(' ')}")
+    end
+
+    def self.parse(lines)
+      hosts, host = [], {}
+      lines.each do |line|
+        if line.match(/Host\s(.*)$/)
+          host = { :host => line.gsub("Host","").strip }
+        elsif line.match(/HostName\s(.*)$/)
+          host[:hostname] = line.gsub("HostName","").strip
+        elsif line.match(/Port\s(.*)$/)
+          host[:port]     = line.gsub("Port","").strip
+        elsif line.empty?
+          hosts << host
+          host = {}
+        end
+      end
+      hosts << host
+      hosts
+    end
+  end
+end