diff --git a/playbooks/hosts/osbs-dev.fedorainfracloud.org.yml b/playbooks/hosts/osbs-dev.fedorainfracloud.org.yml
index 3d6cca2f9e..de59337209 100644
--- a/playbooks/hosts/osbs-dev.fedorainfracloud.org.yml
+++ b/playbooks/hosts/osbs-dev.fedorainfracloud.org.yml
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@
 
     - name: create symlink for docker daemon cert
       file:
-        src: "/etc/pki/docker/osbs.localdomain:5000/"
-        dest: "/etc/docker/certs.d/osbs.localdomain:5000/"
+        src: "/etc/pki/docker/osbs.localdomain\:5000/"
+        dest: "/etc/docker/certs.d/osbs.localdomain\:5000/"
         state: "link"
 
     - name: start and enable docker