diff --git a/roles/appsmith/tasks/archive_pre.yml b/roles/appsmith/tasks/archive_pre.yml
index 0b87dd7..50102b0 100644
--- a/roles/appsmith/tasks/archive_pre.yml
+++ b/roles/appsmith/tasks/archive_pre.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     - server
     - client
     - etc
+    - meta
   delegate_to: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
   tags: appsmith
 
diff --git a/roles/appsmith/tasks/install.yml b/roles/appsmith/tasks/install.yml
index 1c8b4b1..94d8ba5 100644
--- a/roles/appsmith/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/appsmith/tasks/install.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@
       path: /usr/lib/jvm/{{ appsmith_jre11_version.stdout | trim }}
   tags: appsmith
 
+- name: Stop the service during upgrade
+  service: name=appsmith-server state=stopped
+  when: appsmith_install_mode == 'upgrade'
+  tags: appsmith
+
 - when: appsmith_install_mode != 'none'
   block:
 
@@ -59,7 +64,7 @@
         compress: False
         delete: True
       delegate_to: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
-      
+
     - name: Compile the server
       command: /opt/maven/apache-maven/bin/mvn -DskipTests clean package
       args: