diff --git a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-vsphere/main/clusterclass/patch-prekubeadmscript.yaml b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-vsphere/main/clusterclass/patch-prekubeadmscript.yaml
index 73e54a791e..04771c3d48 100644
--- a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-vsphere/main/clusterclass/patch-prekubeadmscript.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-vsphere/main/clusterclass/patch-prekubeadmscript.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     definitions:
     - jsonPatches:
       - op: add
-        path: /spec/template/spec/kubeadmConfigSpec/preKubeadmCommands/-
+        path: /spec/template/spec/kubeadmConfigSpec/preKubeadmCommands/0
         value: "/opt/prekubeadmscript.sh"
       - op: add
         path: /spec/template/spec/kubeadmConfigSpec/files/-
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
           controlPlane: true
     - jsonPatches:
       - op: add
-        path: /spec/template/spec/preKubeadmCommands/-
+        path: /spec/template/spec/preKubeadmCommands/0
         value: "/opt/prekubeadmscript.sh"
       - op: add
         path: /spec/template/spec/files/-