diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 85e4d1787..04a74c18c 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ repos:
     rev: v3.15.0
     hooks:
       - id: pyupgrade
-        name: Rewrite Code to be Py3.9+
-        args: [--py39-plus]
+        name: Rewrite Code to be Py3.6+
+        args: [--py36-plus]
+        ## DGM name: Rewrite Code to be Py3.9+
+        ## DGM args: [--py39-plus]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/asottile/reorder_python_imports
     rev: v3.12.0
diff --git a/bootstrap-salt.sh b/bootstrap-salt.sh
index 59688d092..17646579b 100755
--- a/bootstrap-salt.sh
+++ b/bootstrap-salt.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #======================================================================================================================
 set -o nounset                              # Treat unset variables as an error
 
-__ScriptVersion="2024.12.09"
+__ScriptVersion="2024.12.12"
 __ScriptName="bootstrap-salt.sh"
 
 __ScriptFullName="$0"
@@ -2468,6 +2468,12 @@ __check_services_systemd() {
     servicename=$1
     echodebug "Checking if service ${servicename} is enabled"
 
+    ## DGM
+    if [ "${DISTRO_NAME_L}" = "amazon_linux_ami" ] && [ "${DISTRO_VERSION}" = "2" ]; then
+        echoinfo "DGM skipping the is-enabled test on AMZN2, since command 'systemctl is-enabled salt-minion' is generating error msg 'Failed to get D-Bus connection: No such file or directory' on AMZN2 container"
+        return 0
+    fi
+
     if [ "$(systemctl is-enabled "${servicename}")" = "enabled" ]; then
         echodebug "Service ${servicename} is enabled"
         return 0
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_installation.py b/tests/integration/test_installation.py
index 2bc791aa9..993f24b0e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_installation.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_installation.py
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ def run_salt_call(cmd):
         try:
             result = subprocess.run(cmdl, capture_output=True, text=True)
         except TypeError:
-            result = subprocess.run(cmdl, text=True)
+            result = subprocess.run(
+                cmdl, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, universal_newlines=True
+            )
         print(f"DGM run_salt_call result '{result}'", flush=True)
         if 0 == result.returncode:
             json_data = json.loads(result.stdout)