diff --git a/ansible/roles/assets/tasks/manifests.yml b/ansible/roles/assets/tasks/manifests.yml
index 47ef0c7..18736c8 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/assets/tasks/manifests.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/assets/tasks/manifests.yml
@@ -119,9 +119,10 @@
   until: pinniped_manifest is not failed
 
 - name: Trim image hash from manifest
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    dest: /opt/metacluster/pinniped/local-user-authenticator.yaml
-    content: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file', '/opt/metacluster/pinniped/local-user-authenticator.yaml') | regex_replace('([ ]*image: .*)@.*', '\\1') }}"
+  ansible.builtin.replace:
+    path: /opt/metacluster/pinniped/local-user-authenticator.yaml
+    regex: '([ ]*image: .*)@.*'
+    replace: '\\1'
   no_log: true
 
 # - name: Inject manifests