diff --git a/manifests/icinga2/objects/common_checks.pp b/manifests/icinga2/objects/common_checks.pp
--- a/manifests/icinga2/objects/common_checks.pp
+++ b/manifests/icinga2/objects/common_checks.pp
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
     check_interval   => '3h',
     vars             => {
       apt_timeout => '120',
+      apt_only_critical => 'true',
     },
     assign           => ['host.vars.os == Linux'],
     ignore           => ['host.vars.noagent'],