diff --git a/salt/salt/map.jinja b/salt/salt/map.jinja
index a4289a6b8..8a3c26bb8 100644
--- a/salt/salt/map.jinja
+++ b/salt/salt/map.jinja
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
   {% set SALTPACKAGES = ['salt-common', 'salt-master', 'salt-minion'] %}
   {% set SALT_STATE_CODE_PATH = '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/salt/states' %}
   {% set SALT_MODULE_CODE_PATH = '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/salt/modules' %}
-  {% set PYTHON3INFLUX= 'python3-influxdb' %}
+  {% set PYTHON3INFLUX= 'influxdb == 5.3.1' %}
+  {% set PYTHON3INFLUXDEPS= ['certifi', 'chardet', 'dateutil', 'pytz', 'requests']
+  {% set PYTHONINSTALLER = 'pip' %}
 {% else %}
   {% set SPLITCHAR = '-' %}
   {% set SALTNOTHELD = salt['cmd.run']('yum versionlock list | grep -q salt ; echo $?', python_shell=True) %}
@@ -15,7 +17,8 @@
   {% set SALT_STATE_CODE_PATH = '/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/salt/states' %}
   {% set SALT_MODULE_CODE_PATH = '/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/salt/modules' %}
   {% set PYTHON3INFLUX= 'securityonion-python3-influxdb' %}
-  {% set PYTHON3INFLUXDEPS= ['python36-certifi', 'python36-chardet', 'python36-dateutil', 'python36-pytz', 'python36-requests'] %}
+  {% set PYTHON3INFLUXDEPS= ['python36-certifi', 'python36-chardet', 'python36-dateutil', 'python36-pytz', 'python36-requests']
+  {% set PYTHONINSTALLER = 'pkg' %}
 {% endif %}
 
 {% set INSTALLEDSALTVERSION = salt['pkg.version']('salt-minion').split(SPLITCHAR)[0] %}
diff --git a/salt/salt/python3-influxdb.sls b/salt/salt/python3-influxdb.sls
index 424f06493..67fde3be2 100644
--- a/salt/salt/python3-influxdb.sls
+++ b/salt/salt/python3-influxdb.sls
@@ -2,16 +2,19 @@
 {% from "salt/map.jinja" import SALT_MODULE_CODE_PATH with context %}
 {% from "salt/map.jinja" import PYTHON3INFLUX with context %}
 {% from "salt/map.jinja" import PYTHON3INFLUXDEPS with context %}
+{% from "salt/map.jinja" import PYTHONINSTALLER with context %}
 
 include:
   - salt.helper-packages
 
+{#
 python3_influxdb_dependencies:
-  pkg.installed:
+  {{PYTHONINSTALLER}}.installed:
     - pkgs: {{ PYTHON3INFLUXDEPS }}
+#}
 
 python3_influxdb:
-  pkg.installed:
+  {{PYTHONINSTALLER}}.installed:
     - name: {{ PYTHON3INFLUX }}
 
 #https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/59766
@@ -38,4 +41,5 @@ influxdbmod.py_shard_duration_patch:
     - source: salt://salt/files/influxdbmod.py.patch
     - require:
       - pkg: python3_influxdb
-      - pkg: patch_package
\ No newline at end of file
+      - pkg: patch_package
+    - reload_modules: True
\ No newline at end of file