diff --git a/acceptance/tests/fixtures/cases/sameness/static-client/default/patch.yaml b/acceptance/tests/fixtures/cases/sameness/static-client/default/patch.yaml
index a86a21ebcb..1775e9abb1 100644
--- a/acceptance/tests/fixtures/cases/sameness/static-client/default/patch.yaml
+++ b/acceptance/tests/fixtures/cases/sameness/static-client/default/patch.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       annotations:
         'consul.hashicorp.com/connect-inject': 'true'
-        consul.hashicorp.com/connect-service-upstreams: "static-server.ns2.default:8080"
+        'consul.hashicorp.com/connect-service-upstreams': 'static-server.ns2.default:8080'
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: static-client
diff --git a/acceptance/tests/fixtures/cases/sameness/static-client/partition/patch.yaml b/acceptance/tests/fixtures/cases/sameness/static-client/partition/patch.yaml
index e2d1f9d026..c1a14c6070 100644
--- a/acceptance/tests/fixtures/cases/sameness/static-client/partition/patch.yaml
+++ b/acceptance/tests/fixtures/cases/sameness/static-client/partition/patch.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       annotations:
         'consul.hashicorp.com/connect-inject': 'true'
-        consul.hashicorp.com/connect-service-upstreams: "static-server.ns2.ap1:8080"
+        'consul.hashicorp.com/connect-service-upstreams': 'static-server.ns2.ap1:8080'
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: static-client