diff --git a/heron/schedulers/src/java/com/twitter/heron/scheduler/aurora/AuroraScheduler.java b/heron/schedulers/src/java/com/twitter/heron/scheduler/aurora/AuroraScheduler.java
index 13585e2..569be96 100644
--- a/heron/schedulers/src/java/com/twitter/heron/scheduler/aurora/AuroraScheduler.java
+++ b/heron/schedulers/src/java/com/twitter/heron/scheduler/aurora/AuroraScheduler.java
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@
     SchedulerUtils.persistUpdatedPackingPlan(Runtime.topologyName(runtime), updatedPackingPlan,
         Runtime.schedulerStateManagerAdaptor(runtime));
 
-    Resource containerResource = packing.getContainers().iterator().next().getRequiredResource();
+    Resource containerResource =
+        updatedPackingPlan.getContainers().iterator().next().getRequiredResource();
     Map<AuroraField, String> auroraProperties = createAuroraProperties(containerResource);
 
     return controller.createJob(auroraProperties);