diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soupto3 b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soupto3
index ba6c537d0..0a9661fb4 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soupto3
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soupto3
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ prompt_change_engine() {
         fi
         echo ""
         echo " Updating pcapengine to SURICATA..."
-        sed -i "s/pcapengine: $current_engine/pcapengine: SURICATA/" /opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/global/soc_soc.sls
+        so-yaml.py replace /opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/global/soc_global.sls global.pcapengine SURICATA
         echo " Done. Please run this script again to continue the upgrade."
     else
         pcapengine_not_changed