diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/auth.map.jinja b/salt/elasticsearch/auth.map.jinja
index f216ef3c2..147b0157b 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/auth.map.jinja
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/auth.map.jinja
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
     True: {
       'user': salt['pillar.get']('elasticsearch:auth:user'), 
       'pass': salt['pillar.get']('elasticsearch:auth:pass'), 
-      'elasticcurl':'curl --user {{ELASTICAUTH.user}}:{{ELASTICAUTH.pass}}'},
+      'elasticcurl':'curl --user ' ~ salt['pillar.get']('elasticsearch:auth:user') ~ ':' ~ salt['pillar.get']('elasticsearch:auth:pass') },
     False: {'elasticcurl': 'curl'},
 }, pillar='elasticsearch:auth:enabled', default=False) %}