diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__consul_agent/manifest b/cdist/conf/type/__consul_agent/manifest
index 0d819d45..7b54529c 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__consul_agent/manifest
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__consul_agent/manifest
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 #
 # 2015 Steven Armstrong (steven-cdist at armstrong.cc)
-# 2015-2019 Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist at schottelius.org)
+# 2015-2020 Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist at schottelius.org)
 # 2019 Timothée Floure (timothee.floure at ungleich.ch)
 #
 # This file is part of cdist.
@@ -37,10 +37,22 @@ fi
 # Those are default that might be overriden by os-specific logic.
 
 data_dir="/var/lib/consul"
-conf_dir="/etc/consul/conf.d"
-conf_file="config.json"
+
+
+
 tls_dir="$conf_dir/tls"
 
+case "$os" in
+    alpine)
+        conf_dir="/etc/consul"
+        conf_file="server.json"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        conf_dir="/etc/consul/conf.d"
+        conf_file="config.json"
+        ;;
+esac
+
 ###
 # Sane deployment, based on distribution package when available.
 
@@ -220,7 +232,7 @@ if [ -f "$__object/parameter/ca-file-source" ] || \
    [ -f "$__object/parameter/cert-file-source" ] || \
    [ -f "$__object/parameter/key-file-source" ]; then
 
-   requires="$config_deployment_requires" __directory $tls_dir \
+   requires="$config_deployment_requires" __directory "$tls_dir" \
      --owner root --group "$group" --mode 750 --state "$state"
 
    # Append to service restart requirements.
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__cron/nonparallel b/cdist/conf/type/__cron/nonparallel
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__letsencrypt_cert/man.rst b/cdist/conf/type/__letsencrypt_cert/man.rst
index c4ffc6bc..85eb88ea 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__letsencrypt_cert/man.rst
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__letsencrypt_cert/man.rst
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ MESSAGES
 --------
 
 change
-    Certificte was changed.
+    Certificate was changed.
 
 create
-    Certificte was created.
+    Certificate was created.
 
 remove
-    Certificte was removed.
+    Certificate was removed.
 
 EXAMPLES
 --------
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_update_index/explorer/currage b/cdist/conf/type/__package_update_index/explorer/currage
index cfb778d5..8eadaf53 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__package_update_index/explorer/currage
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__package_update_index/explorer/currage
@@ -24,18 +24,18 @@ case "$type" in
         if [ -f "/var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin" ]; then
             echo $(($(date +"%s")-$(stat --format '%Y' /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin)))
         else
-            echo 0
+            echo -- -1
         fi
         ;;
     pacman)
         if [ -d "/var/lib/pacman/sync" ]; then
             echo $(($(date +"%s")-$(stat --format '%Y' /var/lib/pacman/sync)))
         else
-            echo 0
+            echo -- -1
         fi
         ;;
     alpine)
-        echo 0
+        echo -- -1
         ;;
     *)  echo "Your specified type ($type) is currently not supported." >&2
         echo "Please contribute an implementation for it if you can." >&2
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_update_index/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__package_update_index/gencode-remote
index 6c51cbed..803468b5 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__package_update_index/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__package_update_index/gencode-remote
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ if [ -n "$maxage" ]; then
     if [ "$type" != "apt" ] && [ "$type" != "pacman" ]; then
         echo "ERROR: \"--maxage\" only supported for \"apt\" or \"pacman\" pkg-manager." >&2
         exit 1
-    elif [ "$currage" -lt "$maxage" ]; then
+    # do not exit if no value found (represented as -1)
+    elif [ "$currage" -ne -1 ] && [ "$currage" -lt "$maxage" ]; then
         exit 0 # no need to update
     fi
 fi
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__pyvenv/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__pyvenv/gencode-remote
index 04700683..9c7b7fab 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__pyvenv/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__pyvenv/gencode-remote
@@ -37,11 +37,21 @@ mode="$(cat "$__object/parameter/mode")"
 destination="/$__object_id"
 venvparams="$(cat "$__object/parameter/venvparams")"
 pyvenvparam="$__object/parameter/pyvenv"
+
+os=$(cat "$__global/explorer/os")
+
 if [ -f "$pyvenvparam" ]
 then
     pyvenv=$(cat "$pyvenvparam")
 else
-    pyvenv="pyvenv"
+    case "$os" in
+        alpine) # no pyvenv on alpine - I assume others will follow
+            pyvenv="python3 -m venv"
+            ;;
+        *)
+            pyvenv="pyvenv"
+            ;;
+    esac
 fi
 
 case $state_should in
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__user/explorer/shadow b/cdist/conf/type/__user/explorer/shadow
index 73ce0e29..63d38f0d 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__user/explorer/shadow
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__user/explorer/shadow
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 name=$__object_id
 
 case $("$__explorer/os") in
-  'freebsd'|'netbsd'|'openbsd')
+  'freebsd'|'netbsd'|'openbsd'|'alpine')
     database='passwd'
     ;;
   # Default to using shadow passwords
diff --git a/docs/changelog b/docs/changelog
index ffbbe072..9b8e22cb 100644
--- a/docs/changelog
+++ b/docs/changelog
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ next:
 	* Core: Add trigger functionality (Nico Schottelius, Darko Poljak)
 	* Core: Implement core support for python types (Darko Poljak)
 
+6.5.3: 2020-04-03
+	* Type __cron: Make non parallel due to race condition (Nico Schottelius)
+	* Type __pyvenv: Use python3 -m venv on Alpine (Nico Schottelius)
+	* Type __user: Fix missing shadow for alpine (llnu)
+	* Type __consule_agent: Make conf_dir dependent on OS - fixes Alpine (Nico Schottelius)
+	* Type __letsencrypt_cert: Fix typo (Andrew Schleifer)
+	* Type __package_update_index: Fix maxage false positives (Matthias Stecher)
+
 6.5.2: 2020-02-27
 	* Type __update_alternatives: Add state explorer (Ander Punnar)
 	* Explorer os_version: Add support for Alpine Linux (Jin-Guk Kwon)