A system and method for updating a component of a virtual computing system in a hyperconverged system includes installing, by a processor executing computer-readable instructions stored on a memory of a lifecycle manager of the virtual computing system, a software package on a node of the virtual computing system for updating the component of the virtual computing system, and booting, by the processor, the component into an update environment based on the software package. The software package decouples a dependency of the lifecycle manager on the update environment. The system and method also include updating, by the processor, the component in the update environment and booting, by the processor, the component out of the update environment into an operating environment upon completion of the update of the component.