diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_cloud_controller/oci/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_cloud_controller/oci/tasks/main.yml
index da80e9d16..0bd6ad018 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_cloud_controller/oci/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_cloud_controller/oci/tasks/main.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 - name: External OCI Cloud Controller Manager | Get base64 cloud-config
   set_fact:
-    external_oracle_cloud_config_secret: "{{ lookup('template', 'external-oci-cloud-config.j2') | b64encode }}"
+    external_oracle_cloud_config_secret: "{{ lookup('template', 'external-oci-cloud-config.yml.j2') | b64encode }}"
   when: inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0]
   tags: external-oci