diff --git a/playbooks/functional-test/docker-buildset.yaml b/playbooks/functional-test/docker-buildset.yaml
index 4f7f1bd..558251c 100644
--- a/playbooks/functional-test/docker-buildset.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/functional-test/docker-buildset.yaml
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@
 - name: Print list of images
   command: docker image ls --all --digests --no-trunc
   register: image_list
-  failed_when:
-    - "'test/image' in image_list.stdout"
-    - "'alpine' in image_list.stdout"
+  failed_when: >
+    ('test/image' in image_list.stdout) or
+    ('alpine' in image_list.stdout)
 
 - name: Pull the image from the buildset registry
   command: docker pull test/image
diff --git a/playbooks/functional-test/podman-buildset.yaml b/playbooks/functional-test/podman-buildset.yaml
index 5f118bf..caa22fa 100644
--- a/playbooks/functional-test/podman-buildset.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/functional-test/podman-buildset.yaml
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@
 - name: Print list of images
   command: podman image ls --all --digests --no-trunc
   register: image_list
-  failed_when:
-    - "'test/image' in image_list.stdout"
-    - "'test/quay-image' in image_list.stdout"
-    - "'alpine' in image_list.stdout"
+  failed_when: >
+    ('test/image' in image_list.stdout) or
+    ('test/quay-image' in image_list.stdout) or
+    ('alpine' in image_list.stdout)
 
 - name: Pull the shadowed docker image from the registry
   command: podman pull test/image