diff --git a/code-server/main.tf b/code-server/main.tf
index c186c14..30b705c 100644
--- a/code-server/main.tf
+++ b/code-server/main.tf
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ variable "use_cached" {
   default     = false
 }
 
+variable "use_cached_extensions" {
+  type        = bool
+  description = "Uses cached copy of extensions, otherwise do a forced upgrade"
+  default     = false
+}
+
 variable "extensions_dir" {
   type        = string
   description = "Override the directory to store extensions in."
@@ -122,6 +128,7 @@ resource "coder_script" "code-server" {
     SETTINGS : replace(jsonencode(var.settings), "\"", "\\\""),
     OFFLINE : var.offline,
     USE_CACHED : var.use_cached,
+    USE_CACHED_EXTENSIONS : var.use_cached_extensions,
     EXTENSIONS_DIR : var.extensions_dir,
     FOLDER : var.folder,
     AUTO_INSTALL_EXTENSIONS : var.auto_install_extensions,
diff --git a/code-server/run.sh b/code-server/run.sh
index 84a37cd..8cfc949 100755
--- a/code-server/run.sh
+++ b/code-server/run.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ function run_code_server() {
 }
 
 function extension_installed() {
-  if [ "${USE_CACHED}" != true ]; then
+  if [ "${USE_CACHED_EXTENSIONS}" != true ]; then
     return 1
   fi
   if [ -z "${EXTENSIONS_DIR}" ]; then
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ for extension in "$${EXTENSIONLIST[@]}"; do
     continue
   fi
   printf "🧩 Installing extension $${CODE}$extension$${RESET}...\n"
-  output=$($CODE_SERVER "$EXTENSION_ARG" --install-extension "$extension")
+  output=$($CODE_SERVER "$EXTENSION_ARG" --force --install-extension "$extension")
   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "Failed to install extension: $extension: $output"
     exit 1
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ if [ "${AUTO_INSTALL_EXTENSIONS}" = true ]; then
       if extension_installed "$extension"; then
         continue
       fi
-      $CODE_SERVER "$EXTENSION_ARG" --install-extension "$extension"
+      $CODE_SERVER "$EXTENSION_ARG" --force --install-extension "$extension"
     done
   fi
 fi