diff --git a/src/synapse/workload.py b/src/synapse/workload.py
index 9aec24b9..5cd00cf7 100644
--- a/src/synapse/workload.py
+++ b/src/synapse/workload.py
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def _create_pysaml2_config(charm_state: CharmState) -> typing.Dict:
     # dont send uid in SAMLResponse so this will map
     # fullname to uid
     if "ubuntu.com" in saml_config["metadata_url"]:
-        sp_config["attribute_map_dir"] = "/data/attributemaps"
+        sp_config["attribute_map_dir"] = "/usr/local/attributemaps"
 
     return sp_config
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_synapse_workload.py b/tests/unit/test_synapse_workload.py
index a788ebf8..3949d871 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_synapse_workload.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_synapse_workload.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def test_enable_saml_success():
                     }
                 },
                 "allow_unknown_attributes": True,
-                "attribute_map_dir": "/data/attributemaps",
+                "attribute_map_dir": "/usr/local/attributemaps",
             },
             "user_mapping_provider": {
                 "config": {