diff --git a/cmd/admin-handlers.go b/cmd/admin-handlers.go
index 2304df875..47aa089c9 100644
--- a/cmd/admin-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/admin-handlers.go
@@ -142,7 +142,16 @@ func (a adminAPIHandlers) ServerUpdateHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 		return
 	}
 
-	for _, nerr := range globalNotificationSys.DownloadBinary(ctx, u, sha256Sum, releaseInfo) {
+	// Download Binary Once
+	reader, err := downloadBinary(u, mode)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, fmt.Errorf("server update failed with %w", err))
+		writeErrorResponseJSON(ctx, w, toAdminAPIErr(ctx, err), r.URL)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Push binary to other servers
+	for _, nerr := range globalNotificationSys.VerifyBinary(ctx, u, sha256Sum, releaseInfo, reader) {
 		if nerr.Err != nil {
 			err := AdminError{
 				Code:       AdminUpdateApplyFailure,
@@ -156,7 +165,7 @@ func (a adminAPIHandlers) ServerUpdateHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 		}
 	}
 
-	err = downloadBinary(u, sha256Sum, releaseInfo, mode)
+	err = verifyBinary(u, sha256Sum, releaseInfo, mode, reader)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.LogIf(ctx, fmt.Errorf("server update failed with %w", err))
 		writeErrorResponseJSON(ctx, w, toAdminAPIErr(ctx, err), r.URL)
diff --git a/cmd/notification.go b/cmd/notification.go
index 92e2a2cac..e4c12e878 100644
--- a/cmd/notification.go
+++ b/cmd/notification.go
@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@ func (sys *NotificationSys) DownloadProfilingData(ctx context.Context, writer io
 	return
 }
 
-// DownloadBinary - asks remote peers to download a new binary from the URL and to verify the checksum
-func (sys *NotificationSys) DownloadBinary(ctx context.Context, u *url.URL, sha256Sum []byte, releaseInfo string) []NotificationPeerErr {
+// VerifyBinary - asks remote peers to verify the checksum
+func (sys *NotificationSys) VerifyBinary(ctx context.Context, u *url.URL, sha256Sum []byte, releaseInfo string, reader []byte) []NotificationPeerErr {
 	ng := WithNPeers(len(sys.peerClients))
 	for idx, client := range sys.peerClients {
 		if client == nil {
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ func (sys *NotificationSys) DownloadBinary(ctx context.Context, u *url.URL, sha2
 		}
 		client := client
 		ng.Go(ctx, func() error {
-			return client.DownloadBinary(ctx, u, sha256Sum, releaseInfo)
+			return client.VerifyBinary(ctx, u, sha256Sum, releaseInfo, reader)
 		}, idx, *client.host)
 	}
 	return ng.Wait()
diff --git a/cmd/peer-rest-client.go b/cmd/peer-rest-client.go
index 7a88edaef..f392d5494 100644
--- a/cmd/peer-rest-client.go
+++ b/cmd/peer-rest-client.go
@@ -422,16 +422,18 @@ type binaryInfo struct {
 	URL         *url.URL
 	Sha256Sum   []byte
 	ReleaseInfo string
+	BinaryFile  []byte
 }
 
-// DownloadBinary - sends download binary message to remote peers.
-func (client *peerRESTClient) DownloadBinary(ctx context.Context, u *url.URL, sha256Sum []byte, releaseInfo string) error {
+// VerifyBinary - sends verify binary message to remote peers.
+func (client *peerRESTClient) VerifyBinary(ctx context.Context, u *url.URL, sha256Sum []byte, releaseInfo string, readerInput []byte) error {
 	values := make(url.Values)
 	var reader bytes.Buffer
 	if err := gob.NewEncoder(&reader).Encode(binaryInfo{
 		URL:         u,
 		Sha256Sum:   sha256Sum,
 		ReleaseInfo: releaseInfo,
+		BinaryFile:  readerInput,
 	}); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/peer-rest-server.go b/cmd/peer-rest-server.go
index 5e7e68d7a..0fef48c51 100644
--- a/cmd/peer-rest-server.go
+++ b/cmd/peer-rest-server.go
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ func (s *peerRESTServer) DownloadBinaryHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 		return
 	}
 
-	if err = downloadBinary(info.URL, info.Sha256Sum, info.ReleaseInfo, getMinioMode()); err != nil {
+	if err = verifyBinary(info.URL, info.Sha256Sum, info.ReleaseInfo, getMinioMode(), info.BinaryFile); err != nil {
 		s.writeErrorResponse(w, err)
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/update.go b/cmd/update.go
index 8cae892e5..4a80d59b4 100644
--- a/cmd/update.go
+++ b/cmd/update.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
 	"crypto"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/hex"
@@ -505,26 +506,38 @@ func getUpdateReaderFromURL(u *url.URL, transport http.RoundTripper, mode string
 
 var updateInProgress uint32
 
-func downloadBinary(u *url.URL, sha256Sum []byte, releaseInfo string, mode string) (err error) {
+// Function to get the reader from an architecture
+func downloadBinary(u *url.URL, mode string) (readerReturn []byte, err error) {
+	transport := getUpdateTransport(30 * time.Second)
+	var reader io.ReadCloser
+	if u.Scheme == "https" || u.Scheme == "http" {
+		reader, err = getUpdateReaderFromURL(u, transport, mode)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	} else {
+		reader, err = getUpdateReaderFromFile(u)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	// convert a Reader to bytes
+	binaryFile, err := ioutil.ReadAll(reader)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return binaryFile, nil
+}
+
+func verifyBinary(u *url.URL, sha256Sum []byte, releaseInfo string, mode string, reader []byte) (err error) {
 	if !atomic.CompareAndSwapUint32(&updateInProgress, 0, 1) {
 		return errors.New("update already in progress")
 	}
 	defer atomic.StoreUint32(&updateInProgress, 0)
 
 	transport := getUpdateTransport(30 * time.Second)
-	var reader io.ReadCloser
-	if u.Scheme == "https" || u.Scheme == "http" {
-		reader, err = getUpdateReaderFromURL(u, transport, mode)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	} else {
-		reader, err = getUpdateReaderFromFile(u)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
 	opts := selfupdate.Options{
 		Hash:     crypto.SHA256,
 		Checksum: sha256Sum,
@@ -552,7 +565,7 @@ func downloadBinary(u *url.URL, sha256Sum []byte, releaseInfo string, mode strin
 		opts.Verifier = v
 	}
 
-	if err = selfupdate.PrepareAndCheckBinary(reader, opts); err != nil {
+	if err = selfupdate.PrepareAndCheckBinary(bytes.NewReader(reader), opts); err != nil {
 		var pathErr *os.PathError
 		if errors.As(err, &pathErr) {
 			return AdminError{