diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/config.map.jinja b/salt/elasticsearch/config.map.jinja
index 3d1e7b12a..b89e04bfe 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/config.map.jinja
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/config.map.jinja
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   {% do ESCONFIG.elasticsearch.cluster_settings.cluster.update({'name': salt['pillar.get']('elasticsearch:true_cluster_name')}) %} {# this is temporary #}
   {% if grains.id.split('_') | last in ['manager','managersearch'] %}
     {% if salt['pillar.get']('nodestab', {}) %}
-      {% do ESCONFIG.elasticsearch.cluster_settings.node.update('roles': ['master', 'data', 'remote_cluster_client']) %}
+      {% do ESCONFIG.elasticsearch.cluster_settings.node.update({'roles': ['master', 'data', 'remote_cluster_client']}) %}
       {% do ESCONFIG.elasticsearch.cluster_settings.discovery.seed_hosts.append(grains.master) %}
       {% for SN, SNDATA in salt['pillar.get']('nodestab', {}).items() %}
         {% do ESCONFIG.elasticsearch.cluster_settings.discovery.seed_hosts.append(SN.split('_')|first) %}
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
       {% do ESCONFIG.elasticsearch.cluster_settings.node.attr.update({'box_type': 'hot'}) %}
     {% endif %}
   {% else %}
-    {% do ESCONFIG.elasticsearch.cluster_settings.node.update('roles': ['data', 'ingest']) %}
+    {% do ESCONFIG.elasticsearch.cluster_settings.node.update({'roles': ['data', 'ingest']}) %}
     {% do ESCONFIG.elasticsearch.cluster_settings.node.attr.update({'box_type': 'hot'}) %}
     {% do ESCONFIG.elasticsearch.cluster_settings.discovery.seed_hosts.append(grains.master) %}
   {% endif %}