diff --git a/roles/wait_for_cluster_operators/tasks/check_co.yaml b/roles/wait_for_cluster_operators/tasks/check_co.yaml
index 7085889f..17ae2540 100644
--- a/roles/wait_for_cluster_operators/tasks/check_co.yaml
+++ b/roles/wait_for_cluster_operators/tasks/check_co.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     oc get co 2> /dev/null | awk '{print $4}'
   register: co_check
   # Check for "True" and "False", in case output was empty for any reason
-  until: (" True " not in co_check.stdout) and (" False " in co_check.stdout)
+  until: ("True" not in co_check.stdout) and ("False" in co_check.stdout)
   retries: 10
   delay: 30
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/roles/wait_for_cluster_operators/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/wait_for_cluster_operators/tasks/main.yaml
index c125ac16..1fff2230 100644
--- a/roles/wait_for_cluster_operators/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/wait_for_cluster_operators/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     oc get co 2> /dev/null | awk '{print $3}'
   register: co_check
   # Check for "True" and "False", in case output was empty for any reason
-  until: (" True " in co_check.stdout) and (" False " not in co_check.stdout)
+  until: ("True" in co_check.stdout) and ("False" not in co_check.stdout)
   retries: 20
   delay: 15
   ignore_errors: true