diff --git a/test/boost_header_only/cmake/autocmake.cfg b/test/boost_header_only/cmake/autocmake.cfg
index f67ddec..e76db41 100644
--- a/test/boost_header_only/cmake/autocmake.cfg
+++ b/test/boost_header_only/cmake/autocmake.cfg
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ min_cmake_version: 2.8
 source: ../../../modules/cxx.cmake
 
 [boost]
-defaults: {'major': 1, 'minor': 48, 'patch': 0}
+override: {'major': 1, 'minor': 48, 'patch': 0}
 source: ../../../modules/boost/boost.cmake
 
 [default_build_paths]
diff --git a/test/boost_libs/cmake/autocmake.cfg b/test/boost_libs/cmake/autocmake.cfg
index ac17fe3..9ff39de 100644
--- a/test/boost_libs/cmake/autocmake.cfg
+++ b/test/boost_libs/cmake/autocmake.cfg
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ min_cmake_version: 2.8
 source: ../../../modules/cxx.cmake
 
 [boost]
-defaults: {'major': 1, 'minor': 59, 'patch': 0, 'components': 'chrono;timer;system'}
+override: {'major': 1, 'minor': 59, 'patch': 0, 'components': 'chrono;timer;system'}
 source: ../../../modules/boost/boost.cmake
 
 [default_build_paths]
diff --git a/test/boost_mpi_libs/cmake/autocmake.cfg b/test/boost_mpi_libs/cmake/autocmake.cfg
index 222e715..4847c0d 100644
--- a/test/boost_mpi_libs/cmake/autocmake.cfg
+++ b/test/boost_mpi_libs/cmake/autocmake.cfg
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ source: ../../../modules/cxx.cmake
 source: ../../../modules/mpi.cmake
 
 [boost]
-defaults: {'major': 1, 'minor': 59, 'patch': 0, 'components': 'mpi;serialization'}
+override: {'major': 1, 'minor': 59, 'patch': 0, 'components': 'mpi;serialization'}
 source: ../../../modules/boost/boost.cmake
 
 [default_build_paths]
diff --git a/test/boost_python_libs/cmake/autocmake.cfg b/test/boost_python_libs/cmake/autocmake.cfg
index 0088d4d..6f9a212 100644
--- a/test/boost_python_libs/cmake/autocmake.cfg
+++ b/test/boost_python_libs/cmake/autocmake.cfg
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ source: ../../../modules/python_interpreter.cmake
 source: ../../../modules/python_libs.cmake
 
 [boost]
-defaults: {'major': 1, 'minor': 56, 'patch': 0, 'components': 'python'}
+override: {'major': 1, 'minor': 56, 'patch': 0, 'components': 'python'}
 source: ../../../modules/boost/boost.cmake
 
 [default_build_paths]
diff --git a/update.py b/update.py
index 9a55f23..f3e2054 100644
--- a/update.py
+++ b/update.py
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ def fetch_modules(config, relative_path):
                             sys.stderr.write("ERROR: %s does not exist\n" % src)
                             sys.exit(-1)
 
-                    if config.has_option(section, 'defaults'):
-                        defaults = ast.literal_eval(config.get(section, 'defaults'))
+                    if config.has_option(section, 'override'):
+                        defaults = ast.literal_eval(config.get(section, 'override'))
                     else:
                         defaults = {}