diff --git a/salt/suricata/defaults.yaml b/salt/suricata/defaults.yaml
index fd1b00929..4253794a8 100644
--- a/salt/suricata/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/suricata/defaults.yaml
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ suricata:
     rule-files:
       - all.rules
       - local.rules
-      - filter.rules
+      - filters.rules
     classification-file: /etc/suricata/classification.config
     reference-config-file: /etc/suricata/reference.config
     threshold-file: /etc/suricata/threshold.conf
diff --git a/salt/suricata/suricata_mdengine.yaml b/salt/suricata/suricata_mdengine.yaml
index 80299dc5b..d1fb7c2c3 100644
--- a/salt/suricata/suricata_mdengine.yaml
+++ b/salt/suricata/suricata_mdengine.yaml
@@ -74,4 +74,4 @@ suricata:
       - all.rules
       - extraction.rules
       - local.rules
-      - filter.rules
+      - filters.rules