diff --git a/tasks/fast-forward-upgrade/ffu_update_stack_outputs.yaml b/tasks/fast-forward-upgrade/ffu_update_stack_outputs.yaml
index 644f5e50..a6d1bff8 100644
--- a/tasks/fast-forward-upgrade/ffu_update_stack_outputs.yaml
+++ b/tasks/fast-forward-upgrade/ffu_update_stack_outputs.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     source {{ undercloud_rc }}
     openstack stack failures list --long {{ overcloud_stack_name }} 2>&1 {{ timestamper_cmd }} | \
       tee {{ working_dir }}/ffu_update_stack_outputs_failed.log
-  when: ffu_stack_output|failed
+  when: ffu_stack_output is failed
 
 - name: print resource list
   shell: |
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
     source {{ undercloud_rc }}
     openstack stack resource list --filter status=FAILED --nested-depth 5 {{ overcloud_stack_name }} 2>&1 {{ timestamper_cmd }} | \
       tee {{ working_dir }}/ffu_update_stack_outputs_failed_resources.log
-  when: ffu_stack_output|failed
+  when: ffu_stack_output is failed
 
 - name: was the ffu update stack outputs successful.
   fail: msg="FFU update stack outputs step failed... :("
-  when: ffu_stack_output|failed
+  when: ffu_stack_output is failed
diff --git a/tasks/fast-forward-upgrade/ffu_upgrade_ceph.yaml b/tasks/fast-forward-upgrade/ffu_upgrade_ceph.yaml
index 85357ac5..83154c54 100644
--- a/tasks/fast-forward-upgrade/ffu_upgrade_ceph.yaml
+++ b/tasks/fast-forward-upgrade/ffu_upgrade_ceph.yaml
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@
 
     - name: was the ffu update ceph successful.
       fail: msg="FFU upgrade ceph step failed... :("
-  when: ffu_upgrade_ceph|failed
+  when: ffu_upgrade_ceph is failed
diff --git a/tasks/fast-forward-upgrade/ffu_upgrade_converge.yaml b/tasks/fast-forward-upgrade/ffu_upgrade_converge.yaml
index b2c91a97..0be1891e 100644
--- a/tasks/fast-forward-upgrade/ffu_upgrade_converge.yaml
+++ b/tasks/fast-forward-upgrade/ffu_upgrade_converge.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     source {{ undercloud_rc }}
     openstack stack failures list --long {{ overcloud_stack_name }} 2>&1 {{ timestamper_cmd }} | \
     tee {{ working_dir }}/ffu_upgrade_converge_failed.log
-  when: ffu_converge|failed
+  when: ffu_converge is failed
 
 - name: print resource list
   shell: |
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
     source {{ undercloud_rc }}
     openstack stack resource list --filter status=FAILED --nested-depth 5 {{ overcloud_stack_name }} \
     2>&1 {{ timestamper_cmd }} | tee {{ working_dir }}/ffu_upgrade_converge_failed_resources.log
-  when: ffu_converge|failed
+  when: ffu_converge is failed
 
 - name: was the ffu converge successful.
   fail: msg="FFU converge step failed... :("
-  when: ffu_converge|failed
+  when: ffu_converge is failed
diff --git a/tasks/update/ceph_update_run.yml b/tasks/update/ceph_update_run.yml
index cbb7d1f7..a3934be0 100644
--- a/tasks/update/ceph_update_run.yml
+++ b/tasks/update/ceph_update_run.yml
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
     - name: fail Ceph update
       fail:
         msg: Ceph minor update failed
-  when: ceph_update_status|failed
+  when: ceph_update_status is failed
diff --git a/tasks/upgrade/ceph_upgrade_run.yml b/tasks/upgrade/ceph_upgrade_run.yml
index 69b8b3c0..4c726178 100644
--- a/tasks/upgrade/ceph_upgrade_run.yml
+++ b/tasks/upgrade/ceph_upgrade_run.yml
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
     - name: fail Ceph upgrade
       fail:
         msg: Ceph Upgrade Failed
-  when: ceph_upg_status|failed
+  when: ceph_upg_status is failed
diff --git a/tasks/upgrade/undercloud_ssl_camap.yaml b/tasks/upgrade/undercloud_ssl_camap.yaml
index 43c49f82..50ec4770 100644
--- a/tasks/upgrade/undercloud_ssl_camap.yaml
+++ b/tasks/upgrade/undercloud_ssl_camap.yaml
@@ -97,4 +97,4 @@
         scp -q -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no {{ working_dir }}/undercloud.pem {{ oc_user }}@{{ item }}:
         ssh -q -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no {{ oc_user }}@{{ item }} 'sudo cp undercloud.pem /etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/; sudo update-ca-trust extract'
       loop: "{{ node_ip.stdout_lines }}"
-  when: uc_keystone_conn|failed
+  when: uc_keystone_conn is failed