diff --git a/Phys/DaVinci/doc/release.notes b/Phys/DaVinci/doc/release.notes
index 9626be3c8e006b9c6ce86b59ac1b9de045e6be40..9974a11f0e3cf56e74a2403fe79e1a59fdd52e16 100755
--- a/Phys/DaVinci/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Phys/DaVinci/doc/release.notes
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
 !
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+! 2017-11-07 - Vanya Belyaev
+ - DaVinci
+   - Set "CondDB ( Upgdade = True)"  for DataType='Upgrade' 
+
+
 ! 2017-01-12 - Vanya Belyaev
  - DaVinci:
    issue warning message if DDDBtag/CondDBtag are not specified for simulated data
diff --git a/Phys/DaVinci/python/DaVinci/Configuration.py b/Phys/DaVinci/python/DaVinci/Configuration.py
index 8e3301c988f73ded7224a40501d8bdde1c727541..ec894754aa3bdf6e44ccc9929a46e46e03918426 100644
--- a/Phys/DaVinci/python/DaVinci/Configuration.py
+++ b/Phys/DaVinci/python/DaVinci/Configuration.py
@@ -555,6 +555,21 @@ class DaVinci(LHCbConfigurableUser) :
         log.info("Creating Moni Algorithms")
         self.appendToMoniSequence( self.getProp("MoniSequence") )
 
+    ## Specific action for DataType='Upgrade'
+    def _upgradeAction ( self ) :
+        """ Define specific action for DataType='Upgrade'
+        """
+            
+        if self.getProp('DataType').upper() == 'UPGRADE' :
+            from  Configurables import  CondDB
+            _db = CondDB()
+            if _db.isPropertySet('Upgrade') :
+                if not _db.getProp('Upgrade') :
+                    log.warning('Inconsistent configuration: CondDB ( Upgrade = False ) is set explicitely')
+            else :
+                log.info ('Define CondDB( Upgrade = True ) ')
+                _db.Upgrade = True
+
 ################################################################################
 # Append to Moni sequence
 #
@@ -581,7 +596,8 @@ class DaVinci(LHCbConfigurableUser) :
                          'SDST' : 1  }
             inputType = self.getProp('InputType').upper()
             IODataManager().setProp('AgeLimit', depthMap.get(inputType, 0))
- 
+
+        
 ################################################################################
 # Apply configuration
 #
@@ -625,6 +641,7 @@ class DaVinci(LHCbConfigurableUser) :
         self._defineEvents()
         self._defineInput()
         self._rootFiles()
+        self._upgradeAction()
         
         # Add main sequence to TopAlg
         self._mainSequence ()