diff --git a/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml
index 41fb2a0024..d8901626a1 100644
--- a/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
   changed_when: "1 != 1"
 
 - name: Check if the tests changed in previous step
-  command: "/usr/share/openqa/script/dump_templates --json > /tmp/tmpl-new.json && json_diff /tmp/tmpl-old.json /tmp/tmpl-new.json"
+  shell: "/usr/share/openqa/script/dump_templates --json > /tmp/tmpl-new.json && json_diff /tmp/tmpl-old.json /tmp/tmpl-new.json"
   when: "gittests|changed"
   register: testsdiff
   changed_when: "testsdiff.rc > 0"