diff --git a/tests/default/indices/msearch_template.yaml b/tests/default/indices/msearch_template.yaml
index bb5631fe..163563e3 100644
--- a/tests/default/indices/msearch_template.yaml
+++ b/tests/default/indices/msearch_template.yaml
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ prologues:
       content_type: application/x-ndjson
       payload:
         - {create: {_index: books, _id: book1}}
-        - {author: "Harper Lee", title: "To Kill a Mockingbird", year: 1960}
+        - {author: Harper Lee, title: To Kill a Mockingbird, year: 1960}
         - {create: {_index: books, _id: book2}}
-        - {author: "Elizabeth Rudnick", title: "Beauty and the Beast", year: 1991}
+        - {author: Elizabeth Rudnick, title: Beauty and the Beast, year: 1991}
         - {create: {_index: books, _id: book3}}
-        - {author: "George Orwell", title: "1984", year: 1949}
+        - {author: George Orwell, title: '1984', year: 1949}
 epilogues:
   - path: /books
     method: DELETE
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ chapters:
       content_type: application/x-ndjson
       payload:
         - {index: books}
-        - {source: '{"query": {"match": {"title": "{{title}}"}}}', params: {title: "Mockingbird"}}
+        - {source: '{"query": {"match": {"title": "{{title}}"}}}', params: {title: Mockingbird}}
         - {index: books}
-        - {source: '{"query": {"match": {"title": "{{title}}"}}}', params: {title: "Beast"}}
+        - {source: '{"query": {"match": {"title": "{{title}}"}}}', params: {title: Beast}}
     response:
       status: 200
   - synopsis: Perform a multi-search template query using a POST request.
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ chapters:
       content_type: application/x-ndjson
       payload:
         - {index: books}
-        - {source: '{"query": {"match": {"title": "{{title}}"}}}', params: {title: "1984"}}
+        - {source: '{"query": {"match": {"title": "{{title}}"}}}', params: {title: '1984'}}
         - {index: books}
-        - {source: '{"query": {"match": {"author": "{{author}}"}}}', params: {author: "Harper Lee"}}
+        - {source: '{"query": {"match": {"author": "{{author}}"}}}', params: {author: Harper Lee}}
     response:
       status: 200
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