diff --git a/meta/classes-global/sstate.bbclass b/meta/classes-global/sstate.bbclass
index 567de4aba4..5b63582b5a 100644
--- a/meta/classes-global/sstate.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-global/sstate.bbclass
@@ -1023,6 +1023,7 @@ def sstate_checkhashes(sq_data, d, siginfo=False, currentcount=0, summary=True,
 
             if progress:
                 bb.event.fire(bb.event.ProcessProgress(msg, next(cnt_tasks_done)), d)
+            bb.event.check_for_interrupts(d)
 
         tasklist = []
         for tid in missed:
@@ -1296,6 +1297,7 @@ python sstate_eventhandler_reachablestamps() {
                 lines.remove(r)
                 removed = removed + 1
                 bb.event.fire(bb.event.ProcessProgress(msg, removed), d)
+                bb.event.check_for_interrupts(d)
 
             bb.event.fire(bb.event.ProcessFinished(msg), d)
 
@@ -1365,6 +1367,7 @@ python sstate_eventhandler_stalesstate() {
                     bb.utils.remove(stamp)
                 removed = removed + 1
                 bb.event.fire(bb.event.ProcessProgress(msg, removed), d)
+                bb.event.check_for_interrupts(d)
 
             bb.event.fire(bb.event.ProcessFinished(msg), d)
 }
diff --git a/meta/conf/sanity.conf b/meta/conf/sanity.conf
index fff1ad8246..593419921f 100644
--- a/meta/conf/sanity.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/sanity.conf
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # See sanity.bbclass
 #
 # Expert users can confirm their sanity with "touch conf/sanity.conf"
-BB_MIN_VERSION = "2.0.1"
+BB_MIN_VERSION = "2.3.1"
 
 SANITY_ABIFILE = "${TMPDIR}/abi_version"