diff --git a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_template/tasks/main.yml b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_template/tasks/main.yml
index 15dbaaaf71..a7f1066cb0 100644
--- a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_template/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_template/tasks/main.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   copy: src=foo.txt dest={{output_dir}}/foo.txt
 
 - name: compare templated file to known good
-  command: diff {{output_dir}}/foo.templated {{output_dir}}/foo.txt
+  shell: diff {{output_dir}}/foo.templated {{output_dir}}/foo.txt
   register: diff_result
 
 - name: verify templated file matches known good