diff --git a/roles/vault/tasks/shared/issue_cert.yml b/roles/vault/tasks/shared/issue_cert.yml
index 844183816..3f37c38cb 100644
--- a/roles/vault/tasks/shared/issue_cert.yml
+++ b/roles/vault/tasks/shared/issue_cert.yml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 
 - name: issue_cert | Copy certificate serial to all hosts
   copy:
-    wcontent: "{{ issue_cert_result['issue_cert_result']['json']['data']['serial_number'] }}"
+    wcontent: "{{ issue_cert_result['json']['data']['serial_number'] }}"
     dest: "{{ issue_cert_path.rsplit('.', 1)|first }}.serial"
     group: "{{ issue_cert_file_group | d('root' )}}"
     mode: "{{ issue_cert_file_mode | d('0640') }}"