diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index b5f6f5b32..936e5f06c 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ enable_highstate() {
 }
 
 es_version_check() {
-  CHECK_ES=$(echo $INSTALLEDVERSION | aek -F. '{print $3}'
+  CHECK_ES=$(echo $INSTALLEDVERSION | awk -F. '{print $3}')
   if [ "$CHECK_ES" -lt "110" ]; then
     echo "In order to update to the latest version of Security Onion you need to at least be on version 2.3.110. We recommend installing 2.3.130."
     echo ""