diff --git a/internal/templates/02-assert.yaml.tmpl b/internal/templates/02-assert.yaml.tmpl
index d1c8deb..f851203 100644
--- a/internal/templates/02-assert.yaml.tmpl
+++ b/internal/templates/02-assert.yaml.tmpl
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ commands:
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- if not $resource.Namespace }}
-- script: new_id=$(${KUBECTL} get {{ $resource.KindGroup }}/{{ $resource.Name }} -o=jsonpath='{.status.atProvider.id}') && old_id=$(${KUBECTL} get {{ $resource.KindGroup }}/{{ $resource.Name }} -o=jsonpath='{.metadata.annotations.uptest-old-id}') && [ "$new_id" == "$old_id" ]
+- script: new_id="$(${KUBECTL} get {{ $resource.KindGroup }}/{{ $resource.Name }} -o=jsonpath='{.status.atProvider.id}')" && old_id="$(${KUBECTL} get {{ $resource.KindGroup }}/{{ $resource.Name }} -o=jsonpath='{.metadata.annotations.uptest-old-id}')" && [ "$new_id" = "$old_id" ]
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/internal/templates/renderer_test.go b/internal/templates/renderer_test.go
index a44206c..6208734 100644
--- a/internal/templates/renderer_test.go
+++ b/internal/templates/renderer_test.go
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ timeout: 10
 commands:
 - script: echo "Dump MR manifests for the import assertion step:"; ${KUBECTL} get managed -o yaml
 - command: ${KUBECTL} wait s3.aws.upbound.io/example-bucket --for=condition=Test --timeout 10s
-- script: new_id=$(${KUBECTL} get s3.aws.upbound.io/example-bucket -o=jsonpath='{.status.atProvider.id}') && old_id=$(${KUBECTL} get s3.aws.upbound.io/example-bucket -o=jsonpath='{.metadata.annotations.uptest-old-id}') && [ "$new_id" == "$old_id" ]
+- script: new_id="$(${KUBECTL} get s3.aws.upbound.io/example-bucket -o=jsonpath='{.status.atProvider.id}')" && old_id="$(${KUBECTL} get s3.aws.upbound.io/example-bucket -o=jsonpath='{.metadata.annotations.uptest-old-id}')" && [ "$new_id" = "$old_id" ]
 `,
 					"02-import.yaml": `# This file belongs to the resource import step.
 apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ timeout: 10
 commands:
 - script: echo "Dump MR manifests for the import assertion step:"; ${KUBECTL} get managed -o yaml
 - command: ${KUBECTL} wait s3.aws.upbound.io/example-bucket --for=condition=Test --timeout 10s
-- script: new_id=$(${KUBECTL} get s3.aws.upbound.io/example-bucket -o=jsonpath='{.status.atProvider.id}') && old_id=$(${KUBECTL} get s3.aws.upbound.io/example-bucket -o=jsonpath='{.metadata.annotations.uptest-old-id}') && [ "$new_id" == "$old_id" ]
+- script: new_id="$(${KUBECTL} get s3.aws.upbound.io/example-bucket -o=jsonpath='{.status.atProvider.id}')" && old_id="$(${KUBECTL} get s3.aws.upbound.io/example-bucket -o=jsonpath='{.metadata.annotations.uptest-old-id}')" && [ "$new_id" = "$old_id" ]
 `,
 					"02-import.yaml": `# This file belongs to the resource import step.
 apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1