diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 78d89545..271e6c0a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Fixed `service update` crashing with `KeyError: 'Template'` when given a flat YAML body without the Template wrapper
 - Fixed `service update_env` and `update_labels` crashing when `OtherDockerConfig` is empty
 - Fixed `tenant config` crashing with help text when `--deletevar` is not provided
+- Fixed `apply` misrouting the body into the `name` parameter for subclasses whose `create` signature starts with `name` (e.g. `ssm_param`, `secret`, `aws_secret`, `configmap`); the V2 and V3 base `apply` now call `self.create(body=body)` by keyword
 
 ## [0.4.3] - 2026-03-18
 
diff --git a/src/duplo_resource/ssm_param.py b/src/duplo_resource/ssm_param.py
index 35517164..1bcb34bd 100644
--- a/src/duplo_resource/ssm_param.py
+++ b/src/duplo_resource/ssm_param.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def name_from_body(self, body):
     return body["Name"]
   
   @Command()
-  def create(self, 
+  def create(self,
              name: args.NAME=None,
              body: args.BODY=None,
              paramtype: args.SSM_PARAM_TYPE=None,
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def create(self,
       ```sh
       duploctl ssm_param create <name> -pval <value> -ptype <String|SecureString|StringList>
       ```
-    
+
     Args:
       name: The name of the SSM Parameter to create.
       -ptype/--parametertype: The type of parameter to create, must be String, SecureString, or StringList
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ def create(self,
       }
       ```
 
-    Returns: 
+    Returns:
       resource: The SSM Parameter object.
-      
+
     Raises:
       DuploError: If the SSM Parameter already exists.
     """
diff --git a/src/duplocloud/resource.py b/src/duplocloud/resource.py
index 17f24c3c..ba0068a9 100644
--- a/src/duplocloud/resource.py
+++ b/src/duplocloud/resource.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ def apply(self,
       self.find(name)
       return self.update(name, body)
     except DuploNotFound:
-      return self.create(body)
+      return self.create(body=body)
   
 
 class DuploResourceV3(DuploResource):
@@ -341,6 +341,6 @@ def apply(self,
       self.find(name)
       return self.update(name=name, body=body, patches=patches)
     except DuploNotFound:
-      return self.create(body)
+      return self.create(body=body)
 
 
diff --git a/src/tests/data/param.yaml b/src/tests/data/param.yaml
index e69de29b..2bc861b7 100644
--- a/src/tests/data/param.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/data/param.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Name: duploctl-test
+Type: String
+Value: testvalue