diff --git a/aerospike/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/AerospikeClient.java b/aerospike/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/AerospikeClient.java
index 5aa80e46cfc9dfcb7de2ed6ff9d4e1589c759c08..e651a7e61ea585cf808a0787fa62ff4969aa8318 100644
--- a/aerospike/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/AerospikeClient.java
+++ b/aerospike/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/AerospikeClient.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class AerospikeClient extends com.yahoo.ycsb.DB {
   @Override
   public void init() throws DBException {
     insertPolicy.recordExistsAction = RecordExistsAction.CREATE_ONLY;
-    updatePolicy.recordExistsAction = RecordExistsAction.UPDATE_ONLY;
+    updatePolicy.recordExistsAction = RecordExistsAction.REPLACE_ONLY;
 
     Properties props = getProperties();