diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e0326426..aed986aa 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2298,7 +2298,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "omnect-device-service"
-version = "0.41.13"
+version = "0.41.14"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-server",
  "actix-web",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fb494706..1218b204 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 name = "omnect-device-service"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/omnect/omnect-device-service.git"
-version = "0.41.13"
+version = "0.41.14"
 
 [dependencies]
 actix-server = { version = "2.6", default-features = false }
diff --git a/systemd/omnect-device-service.exec_stop_post.sh b/systemd/omnect-device-service.exec_stop_post.sh
index 1e9d429b..33b05044 100755
--- a/systemd/omnect-device-service.exec_stop_post.sh
+++ b/systemd/omnect-device-service.exec_stop_post.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ echo SERVICE_RESULT=${SERVICE_RESULT}, EXIT_CODE=${EXIT_CODE}, EXIT_STATUS=${EXI
 function reboot() {
   echo "reboot triggered by ${script}: ${1}"
   /usr/sbin/omnect_reboot_reason.sh log swupdate-validation-failed "${1}"
-  dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.login1 /org/freedesktop/login1 "org.freedesktop.login1.Manager.Reboot" boolean:true
+  systemctl start reboot.target
 }
 
 # for now we only check for ods failed (EXIT_STATUS not 0) and ignore SERVICE_RESULT
diff --git a/systemd/update-validation-observer.sh b/systemd/update-validation-observer.sh
index 50cdee97..f0e05f86 100644
--- a/systemd/update-validation-observer.sh
+++ b/systemd/update-validation-observer.sh
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ update_validation_file="/run/omnect-device-service/omnect_validate_update"
 if [ -f ${update_validation_file} ]; then
   echo "reboot triggered by ${script}"
   /usr/sbin/omnect_reboot_reason.sh log swupdate-validation-failed "overall timeout"
-  dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.login1 /org/freedesktop/login1 "org.freedesktop.login1.Manager.Reboot" boolean:true
+  systemctl start reboot.target
 fi