diff --git a/tests/roles/neutron_adoption/tasks/main.yaml b/tests/roles/neutron_adoption/tasks/main.yaml
index df53d959f..3e6649ecd 100644
--- a/tests/roles/neutron_adoption/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/tests/roles/neutron_adoption/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.shell: |
     {{ shell_header }}
     {{ oc_header }}
-    oc patch openstackcontrolplane openstack --type=merge --patch '{{ ironic_ml2_baremetal_patch }}'
+    oc patch openstackcontrolplane openstack --type=merge --patch '{{ ironic_ml2_baremetal_patch | to_json }}'
 
 - name: wait for Neutron to start up
   ansible.builtin.shell: |