diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Console/Cli/InstallCommand.php b/system/src/Grav/Console/Cli/InstallCommand.php
index a8c98f370..b316e5701 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Console/Cli/InstallCommand.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Console/Cli/InstallCommand.php
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class InstallCommand extends Command
             if (!$input->getOption('symlink')) {
                 // Updates composer first
                 $output->writeln("\nInstalling vendor dependencies");
-                $output->writeln(system('php bin/composer.phar --working-dir="'.$this->destination.'" --no-interaction --no-dev -o install'));
+                $output->writeln(system('php bin/composer.phar --working-dir="'.$this->destination.'" --no-interaction --no-dev --prefer-dist -o install'));
 
                 $this->gitclone($output);
             } else {
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Console/Gpm/SelfupgradeCommand.php b/system/src/Grav/Console/Gpm/SelfupgradeCommand.php
index 2b80b2793..29eb77d58 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Console/Gpm/SelfupgradeCommand.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Console/Gpm/SelfupgradeCommand.php
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class SelfupgradeCommand extends Command
         }
 
         $this->output->writeln("\nInstalling vendor dependencies");
-        $this->output->writeln(system('php bin/composer.phar --working-dir="'.$this->destination.'" --no-interaction --no-dev -o install'));
+        $this->output->writeln(system('php bin/composer.phar --working-dir="'.GRAV_ROOT.'" --no-interaction --no-dev --prefer-dist -o install'));
 
         // clear cache after successful upgrade
         $this->clearCache('all');