diff --git a/salt/suricata/suricata_mdengine.yaml b/salt/suricata/suricata_mdengine.yaml
index 1c3855501..8a0c502fc 100644
--- a/salt/suricata/suricata_mdengine.yaml
+++ b/salt/suricata/suricata_mdengine.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ suricata:
                 #custom: [Accept-Encoding, Accept-Language, Authorization]
                 # dump-all-headers: none
             - dns:
-                version: 2
+                version: 3
                 enabled: "yes"
                 #requests: "no"
                 #responses: "no"