diff --git a/apache/map.jinja b/apache/map.jinja
index 03143a092a6041be884df9b29dfd3e779c9c640b..2617ad2f6b065295676a45f6aef8acd9d96698f4 100644
--- a/apache/map.jinja
+++ b/apache/map.jinja
@@ -6,25 +6,25 @@
 {% import_yaml "apache/osfingermap.yaml" as osfingermap %}
 {% import_yaml "apache/modsecurity.yaml" as modsec %}
 
-{% set lookup = salt['pillar.get']('apache:lookup', default={}, merge=True) %}
-{% do defaults.apache.update(lookup) %}
-
 {# merge the modsecurity #}
 {% set modsecurity = salt['grains.filter_by'](modsec, grain='os_family') or{} %}
-{% do defaults.apache.update(modsecurity) %}
+{% do salt['defaults.merge'](defaults['apache'], modsecurity) %}
 
 {# merge the osfamilymap #}
 {% set osfamily = salt['grains.filter_by'](osfamilymap, grain='os_family') or{} %}
-{% do defaults.apache.update(osfamily) %}
+{% do salt['defaults.merge'](defaults['apache'], osfamily) %}
 
 {# merge the oscodenamemap #}
 {% set oscode = salt['grains.filter_by'](oscodenamemap, grain='oscodename') or {} %}
-{% do defaults.apache.update(oscode) %}
+{% do salt['defaults.merge'](defaults['apache'], oscode) %}
 
 {# merge the osfingermap #}
 {% set osfinger = salt['grains.filter_by'](osfingermap, grain='osfinger') or {} %}
-{% do defaults.apache.update(osfinger) %}
+{% do salt['defaults.merge'](defaults['apache'], osfinger) %}
 
-{# merge all #}
-{% set apache = salt['pillar.get']('apache', default=defaults['apache'], merge=true) %}
+{# merge the lookup #}
+{% set lookup = salt['pillar.get']('apache:lookup', default={}, merge=True) %}
+{% do salt['defaults.merge'](defaults['apache'], lookup) %}
 
+{# merge all #}
+{% set apache = salt['pillar.get']('apache', default=defaults['apache'], merge=True) %}