diff --git a/tests/configure_zuul_jobs.yml b/tests/configure_zuul_jobs.yml
index a904007..1c6848b 100644
--- a/tests/configure_zuul_jobs.yml
+++ b/tests/configure_zuul_jobs.yml
@@ -84,19 +84,21 @@
       shell: mktemp -d
       register: commit_tmp
     - name: checkout test-repo
-      chdir: "{{ commit_tmp.stdout }}"
-      cmd: |
-        git clone ssh://gerrit/test-repo
+      shell: git clone ssh://gerrit/test-repo
+      args:
+        chdir: "{{ commit_tmp.stdout }}"
       become: true
     - name: patch test-repo
-      chdir: "{{ commit_tmp.stdout }}/test-repo"
-      cmd: |
-        git config user.name "Admin"
-        git config user.email "admin@example.com"
-        touch myfile
-        git add myfile
-        git commit -m "Add myfile"
-        git review
+      shell:
+        executable: /bin/sh
+        chdir: "{{ commit_tmp.stdout }}/test-repo"
+        cmd: |
+          git config user.name "Admin"
+          git config user.email "admin@example.com"
+          touch myfile
+          git add myfile
+          git commit -m "Add myfile"
+          git review
       become: true
 
 - name: Give some time to Zuul to trigger and execute the job