diff --git a/sample-management-custom/caosdb-server/scripting/bin/sample_helpers/container_update_post_processing.py b/sample-management-custom/caosdb-server/scripting/bin/sample_helpers/container_update_post_processing.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e8f696b7c6fbe6352fe618d37a138ac796614cd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample-management-custom/caosdb-server/scripting/bin/sample_helpers/container_update_post_processing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2025 Indiscale GmbH <info@indiscale.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2025 Florian Spreckelsen <f.spreckelsen@indiscale.com>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+import linkahead as db
+
+
+def post_process_containers_before_sync(child_containers):
+
+    return child_containers
+
+
+def post_process_parent_containers_before_sync(parent_containers):
+
+    return parent_containers
+
+
+def post_process_inserts_and_updates(inserts, updates):
+
+    return inserts, updates
diff --git a/sample-management-custom/caosdb-server/scripting/bin/update_containers.py b/sample-management-custom/caosdb-server/scripting/bin/update_containers.py
index 4739d5c4ea22ac6a613afbf468285d21e80d1fc8..44c6c73021a0b9ad400f703ac8fa95c0d087dea3 100755
--- a/sample-management-custom/caosdb-server/scripting/bin/update_containers.py
+++ b/sample-management-custom/caosdb-server/scripting/bin/update_containers.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ from linkahead.cached import cached_query, cached_get_entity_by
 from bis_utils import (get_do_not_insert_type_names,
                        replace_entity_urls_by_ids, whitespace_cleanup_in_df)
 from sample_helpers.container_update_get_parent import get_container_by_identifier
+from sample_helpers.container_update_post_processing import (post_process_containers_before_sync, post_process_parent_containers_before_sync, post_process_inserts_and_updates)
 from sample_helpers.utils import (CONSTANTS, get_column_header_name, get_entity_name)
 
 # suppress warning of diff function
@@ -287,6 +288,8 @@ def main():
         parent_containers.remove(par)
     # TODO Add notes as CommentAnnotation
     crawler = Crawler(securityMode=SecurityMode.UPDATE)
+    child_containers = post_process_containers_before_sync(child_containers)
+    parent_containers = post_process_parent_containers_before_sync(parent_containers)
     to_be_synchronized = child_containers + parent_containers
 
     inserts, updates = crawler.synchronize(
@@ -296,10 +299,8 @@ def main():
     if "SHARED_DIR" in os.environ:
         _notify_about_inserts_and_updates(len(inserts), len(updates), htmluserlog_public,
                                           crawler.run_id)
-    for ent in inserts + updates:
-        ent.retrieve_acl()
-        ent.grant(role='Stock Manager', priority=False, permission="EDIT:ACL")
-        ent.update_acl()
+    inserts, updates = post_process_inserts_and_updates(isnerts, updates)
+
     logger.info(f"Successfully processed {len(child_containers)} containers and "
                 f"{len(parent_containers)} parent containers.")