diff --git a/data/surfex/default.yaml b/data/surfex/default.yaml
index add279a..183573e 100644
--- a/data/surfex/default.yaml
+++ b/data/surfex/default.yaml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ surfex::settings:
     source: 'https://github.com/surfex/surfex'
   description: 'SURFEX (Surface Externalisée, in French) is a surface modelling platform'
 
-  # Configured: +package -source -file +image
-  install_method: 'file'
+  # Configured: -package -source +release -image
+  install_method: 'release'
 
   build:
     enable: true
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ surfex::settings:
       manage_service: false
       manage_user: false
 
-  releases:
+  release:
     latest_version: 'v9_0_0'
     prerequisites: {}
     latest_url: ~