diff --git a/tests/k8s/1-014_validate_parallelism_limit/02-check-deployment.yaml b/tests/k8s/1-014_validate_parallelism_limit/02-check-deployment.yaml
index b60954eb0..3eceece64 100644
--- a/tests/k8s/1-014_validate_parallelism_limit/02-check-deployment.yaml
+++ b/tests/k8s/1-014_validate_parallelism_limit/02-check-deployment.yaml
@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@ commands:
 - script: sleep 30
 - script: |
     set -e
-    expected=10
-    wlCommand=$(kubectl get -n $NAMESPACE statefulset/argocd-application-controller -o jsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[0].command}'| jq -r '.[]' )
-    if ! echo "$wlCommand" | grep -qPz -- "--kubectl-parallelism-limit\\n${expected}(\$|\\n)"; then
+    expected="10"
+    wlCommand=$(kubectl get -n $NAMESPACE statefulset/argocd-application-controller -o jsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[0].command}'| jq -r '.[]')
+    if ! echo "$wlCommand" | grep -Fxq -- "--kubectl-parallelism-limit"; then
       echo "Incorrect or missing --kubectl-parallelism-limit detected."
       echo "$wlCommand"
       exit 1
-    fi
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+    fi
+    if ! echo "$wlCommand" | grep -Fxq -- "$expected"; then
+      echo "Incorrect value for --kubectl-parallelism-limit detected."
+      echo "$wlCommand"
+      exit 1
+    fi
diff --git a/tests/k8s/1-014_validate_parallelism_limit/04-check-deployment.yaml b/tests/k8s/1-014_validate_parallelism_limit/04-check-deployment.yaml
index edbdbe5eb..987657321 100644
--- a/tests/k8s/1-014_validate_parallelism_limit/04-check-deployment.yaml
+++ b/tests/k8s/1-014_validate_parallelism_limit/04-check-deployment.yaml
@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@ commands:
 - script: sleep 30
 - script: |
     set -e
-    expected=20
-    wlCommand=$(kubectl get -n $NAMESPACE statefulset/argocd-application-controller -o jsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[0].command}'| jq -r '.[]' )
-    if ! echo "$wlCommand" | grep -qPz -- "--kubectl-parallelism-limit\\n${expected}(\$|\\n)"; then
+    expected="20"
+    wlCommand=$(kubectl get -n $NAMESPACE statefulset/argocd-application-controller -o jsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[0].command}'| jq -r '.[]')
+    if ! echo "$wlCommand" | grep -Fxq -- "--kubectl-parallelism-limit"; then
       echo "Incorrect or missing --kubectl-parallelism-limit detected."
       echo "$wlCommand"
       exit 1
+    fi
+    if ! echo "$wlCommand" | grep -Fxq -- "$expected"; then
+      echo "Incorrect value for --kubectl-parallelism-limit detected."
+      echo "$wlCommand"
+      exit 1
     fi
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diff --git a/tests/k8s/1-014_validate_parallelism_limit/06-check-deployment.yaml b/tests/k8s/1-014_validate_parallelism_limit/06-check-deployment.yaml
index 753984460..7548a4525 100644
--- a/tests/k8s/1-014_validate_parallelism_limit/06-check-deployment.yaml
+++ b/tests/k8s/1-014_validate_parallelism_limit/06-check-deployment.yaml
@@ -7,10 +7,15 @@ commands:
 - script: sleep 30
 - script: |
     set -e
-    expected=10
-    wlCommand=$(kubectl get -n $NAMESPACE statefulset/argocd-application-controller -o jsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[0].command}'| jq -r '.[]' )
-    if ! echo "$wlCommand" | grep -qPz -- "--kubectl-parallelism-limit\\n${expected}(\$|\\n)"; then
+    expected="10"
+    wlCommand=$(kubectl get -n $NAMESPACE statefulset/argocd-application-controller -o jsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[0].command}'| jq -r '.[]')
+    if ! echo "$wlCommand" | grep -Fxq -- "--kubectl-parallelism-limit"; then
       echo "Incorrect or missing --kubectl-parallelism-limit detected."
       echo "$wlCommand"
       exit 1
+    fi
+    if ! echo "$wlCommand" | grep -Fxq -- "$expected"; then
+      echo "Incorrect value for --kubectl-parallelism-limit detected."
+      echo "$wlCommand"
+      exit 1
     fi
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