diff --git a/Dockerfile.dapper b/Dockerfile.dapper
index fa5ccf99..f41e6c26 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dapper
+++ b/Dockerfile.dapper
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ ARG SYSTEM_DOCKER_URL_amd64=https://github.com/niusmallnan/os-system-docker/rele
 ARG SYSTEM_DOCKER_URL_arm64=https://github.com/niusmallnan/os-system-docker/releases/download/${SYSTEM_DOCKER_VERSION}/docker-arm64-${SYSTEM_DOCKER_VERSION}.tgz
 
 ARG VMWARE_AUTOFORMAT=1
-ARG OPEN_VMTOOLS_VERSION=10.2.5-1
+ARG OPEN_VMTOOLS_VERSION=10.2.5-2
 ######################################################
 
 # Set up environment and export all ARGS as ENV
diff --git a/init/init.go b/init/init.go
index 0fcf588c..7bac5838 100644
--- a/init/init.go
+++ b/init/init.go
@@ -443,6 +443,32 @@ func RunInit() error {
 
 			log.Debugf("memory Resolve.conf == [%s]", configFiles["/etc/resolv.conf"])
 
+			// this code make sure the open-vm-tools service can be started correct when there is no network
+			if hypervisor == "vmware" {
+				// make sure the cache directory exist
+				if err := os.MkdirAll("/var/lib/rancher/cache/", os.ModeDir|0755); err != nil {
+					log.Errorf("Create service cache diretory error: %v", err)
+				}
+
+				// move os-services cache file
+				if _, err := os.Stat("/usr/share/ros/services-cache"); err == nil {
+					files, err := ioutil.ReadDir("/usr/share/ros/services-cache/")
+					if err != nil {
+						log.Errorf("Read file error: %v", err)
+					}
+					for _, f := range files {
+						err := os.Rename("/usr/share/ros/services-cache/"+f.Name(), "/var/lib/rancher/cache/"+f.Name())
+						if err != nil {
+							log.Errorf("Rename file error: %v", err)
+						}
+					}
+					if err := os.Remove("/usr/share/ros/services-cache"); err != nil {
+						log.Errorf("Remove file error: %v", err)
+					}
+				}
+
+			}
+
 			if boot2DockerEnvironment {
 				if err := config.Set("rancher.state.dev", cfg.Rancher.State.Dev); err != nil {
 					log.Errorf("Failed to update rancher.state.dev: %v", err)
diff --git a/scripts/layout-initrd b/scripts/layout-initrd
index 6b3f7e3c..a71b38f9 100755
--- a/scripts/layout-initrd
+++ b/scripts/layout-initrd
@@ -30,6 +30,20 @@ SUPPORT_URL="https://forums.rancher.com/c/rancher-os"
 BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/rancher/os/issues"
 BUILD_ID=
 HERE
+
+# cache os-services yml file
+if [ -e ".make-vmware" ]; then
+    SERVICE_URL=${OS_SERVICES_REPO}/${REPO_VERSION}
+    SERVICE_INDEX_URL="${SERVICE_URL}/index.yml"
+    SERVICE_OPEN_VMTOOLS_URL="${SERVICE_URL}/o/open-vm-tools.yml"
+    SERVICE_INDEX_URL_MD5=$(echo -n ${SERVICE_INDEX_URL}|md5sum|cut -d ' ' -f1)
+    SERVICE_OPEN_VMTOOLS_URL_MD5=$(echo -n ${SERVICE_OPEN_VMTOOLS_URL}|md5sum|cut -d ' ' -f1)
+
+    mkdir -p ${INITRD_DIR}/usr/share/ros/services-cache/
+    wget -O ${INITRD_DIR}/usr/share/ros/services-cache/${SERVICE_INDEX_URL_MD5} ${SERVICE_INDEX_URL}
+    wget -O ${INITRD_DIR}/usr/share/ros/services-cache/${SERVICE_OPEN_VMTOOLS_URL_MD5} ${SERVICE_OPEN_VMTOOLS_URL}
+fi
+
 # TODO: usr/lib dir is overwritten by the kernel modules and firmware
 ln -s ${INITRD_DIR}/usr/share/ros/os-release ${INITRD_DIR}/usr/lib/
 ln -s ${INITRD_DIR}/usr/share/ros/os-release ${INITRD_DIR}/usr/etc/
diff --git a/scripts/release b/scripts/release
index 42808927..6d1115ec 100755
--- a/scripts/release
+++ b/scripts/release
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -ex
 cd $(dirname $0)/..
 source ./scripts/version
 export REPO_VERSION=$VERSION
-if [[ -z "$GIT_TAG" ]]; then
+if [[ -n "$DIRTY" || -z "$GIT_TAG" ]]; then
     export REPO_VERSION=master
 fi
 export COMPRESS="xz --format=lzma -9 --memlimit-compress=80% -e"
diff --git a/scripts/version b/scripts/version
index f96014d8..d58b063e 100755
--- a/scripts/version
+++ b/scripts/version
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
 fi
 
 INITRD=initrd-${VERSION}
-export VERSION COMMIT INITRD GIT_TAG
+export VERSION COMMIT INITRD GIT_TAG DIRTY
 
 # Suffix
 export SUFFIX=""