diff --git a/states/nextcloud/defaults.yaml b/states/nextcloud/defaults.yaml
index 2599d58..be935e7 100644
--- a/states/nextcloud/defaults.yaml
+++ b/states/nextcloud/defaults.yaml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ nextcloud:
     maintenance_window_start: 1
     memcache.local: '\OC\Memcache\Redis'
     memcache.distributed: '\OC\Memcache\Redis'
-    memcache.locking: '\OC\Memcache\Redis'
+    memcache.locking: '\OC\Memcache\APCu'
     redis:
       - host: localhost
         port: 6379