diff --git a/tasks/rabbitmq_upgrade_check.yml b/tasks/rabbitmq_upgrade_check.yml
index 9a227683..4dbf2a93 100644
--- a/tasks/rabbitmq_upgrade_check.yml
+++ b/tasks/rabbitmq_upgrade_check.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
   when:
     - not rabbitmq_upgrade | bool
     - installed_rabbitmq.rc == 0
-    - not installed_rabbitmq.stdout | search(rabbitmq_package_version)
+    - not installed_rabbitmq.stdout is search(rabbitmq_package_version)
     - rabbitmq_install_method != 'distro'
   tags:
     - rabbitmq-package-deb
diff --git a/tests/test-rabbitmq-functional.yml b/tests/test-rabbitmq-functional.yml
index 3d171ef8..46501cb1 100644
--- a/tests/test-rabbitmq-functional.yml
+++ b/tests/test-rabbitmq-functional.yml
@@ -88,4 +88,4 @@
     # Expected policy: "/       HA      all     ^(?!amq\\.).*   {"ha-mode":"all"}       0"
     - name: Validate that the expected policies are present
       assert:
-        that: rabbitmq_policies_output.stdout | search("amq")
+        that: rabbitmq_policies_output.stdout is search("amq")