diff --git a/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_backend_service.py b/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_backend_service.py
index ee96efa..135fafd 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_backend_service.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_backend_service.py
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
   gcp_compute_backend_service:
     name: test_object
     backends:
-    - group: "{{ instancegroup }}"
+    - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
     health_checks:
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     enable_cdn: 'true'
diff --git a/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_global_forwarding_rule.py b/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_global_forwarding_rule.py
index c4b34c7..cb93e15 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_global_forwarding_rule.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_global_forwarding_rule.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
   gcp_compute_backend_service:
     name: backendservice-globalforwardingrule
     backends:
-    - group: "{{ instancegroup }}"
+    - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
     health_checks:
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     enable_cdn: 'true'
diff --git a/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_target_http_proxy.py b/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_target_http_proxy.py
index 77ac93c..c7e73c1 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_target_http_proxy.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_target_http_proxy.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
   gcp_compute_backend_service:
     name: backendservice-targethttpproxy
     backends:
-    - group: "{{ instancegroup }}"
+    - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
     health_checks:
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     enable_cdn: 'true'
diff --git a/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_target_https_proxy.py b/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_target_https_proxy.py
index ea6088f..d9634e8 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_target_https_proxy.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_target_https_proxy.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
   gcp_compute_backend_service:
     name: backendservice-targethttpsproxy
     backends:
-    - group: "{{ instancegroup }}"
+    - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
     health_checks:
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     enable_cdn: 'true'
diff --git a/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_target_ssl_proxy.py b/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_target_ssl_proxy.py
index 342caa8..2128a76 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_target_ssl_proxy.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_target_ssl_proxy.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
   gcp_compute_backend_service:
     name: backendservice-targetsslproxy
     backends:
-    - group: "{{ instancegroup }}"
+    - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
     health_checks:
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     protocol: SSL
diff --git a/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_target_tcp_proxy.py b/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_target_tcp_proxy.py
index b6fbd4a..0632dff 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_target_tcp_proxy.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_target_tcp_proxy.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
   gcp_compute_backend_service:
     name: backendservice-targettcpproxy
     backends:
-    - group: "{{ instancegroup }}"
+    - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
     health_checks:
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     protocol: TCP
diff --git a/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_url_map.py b/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_url_map.py
index 74ed45a..74a68f2 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_url_map.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_url_map.py
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
   gcp_compute_backend_service:
     name: backendservice-urlmap
     backends:
-    - group: "{{ instancegroup }}"
+    - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
     health_checks:
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     enable_cdn: 'true'
diff --git a/tests/integration/gcp_compute_backend_service/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/gcp_compute_backend_service/tasks/main.yml
index aa5502b..5b69756 100644
--- a/tests/integration/gcp_compute_backend_service/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/gcp_compute_backend_service/tasks/main.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   gcp_compute_backend_service:
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     backends:
-    - group: "{{ instancegroup }}"
+    - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
     health_checks:
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     enable_cdn: 'true'
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
   gcp_compute_backend_service:
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     backends:
-    - group: "{{ instancegroup }}"
+    - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
     health_checks:
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     enable_cdn: 'true'
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
   gcp_compute_backend_service:
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     backends:
-    - group: "{{ instancegroup }}"
+    - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
     health_checks:
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     enable_cdn: 'true'
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
   gcp_compute_backend_service:
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     backends:
-    - group: "{{ instancegroup }}"
+    - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
     health_checks:
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     enable_cdn: 'true'
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
   gcp_compute_backend_service:
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     backends:
-    - group: "{{ instancegroup }}"
+    - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
     health_checks:
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     enable_cdn: 'true'
diff --git a/tests/integration/gcp_compute_global_forwarding_rule/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/gcp_compute_global_forwarding_rule/tasks/main.yml
index 7fe60b9..b33eebd 100644
--- a/tests/integration/gcp_compute_global_forwarding_rule/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/gcp_compute_global_forwarding_rule/tasks/main.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   gcp_compute_backend_service:
     name: backendservice-globalforwardingrule
     backends:
-    - group: "{{ instancegroup }}"
+    - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
     health_checks:
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     enable_cdn: 'true'
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
   gcp_compute_backend_service:
     name: backendservice-globalforwardingrule
     backends:
-    - group: "{{ instancegroup }}"
+    - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
     health_checks:
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     enable_cdn: 'true'
diff --git a/tests/integration/gcp_compute_target_http_proxy/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/gcp_compute_target_http_proxy/tasks/main.yml
index b4e3327..1461073 100644
--- a/tests/integration/gcp_compute_target_http_proxy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/gcp_compute_target_http_proxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   gcp_compute_backend_service:
     name: backendservice-targethttpproxy
     backends:
-    - group: "{{ instancegroup }}"
+    - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
     health_checks:
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     enable_cdn: 'true'
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
   gcp_compute_backend_service:
     name: backendservice-targethttpproxy
     backends:
-    - group: "{{ instancegroup }}"
+    - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
     health_checks:
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     enable_cdn: 'true'
diff --git a/tests/integration/gcp_compute_target_https_proxy/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/gcp_compute_target_https_proxy/tasks/main.yml
index d62cacb..41e6f58 100644
--- a/tests/integration/gcp_compute_target_https_proxy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/gcp_compute_target_https_proxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   gcp_compute_backend_service:
     name: backendservice-targethttpsproxy
     backends:
-    - group: "{{ instancegroup }}"
+    - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
     health_checks:
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     enable_cdn: 'true'
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
   gcp_compute_backend_service:
     name: backendservice-targethttpsproxy
     backends:
-    - group: "{{ instancegroup }}"
+    - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
     health_checks:
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     enable_cdn: 'true'
diff --git a/tests/integration/gcp_compute_target_ssl_proxy/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/gcp_compute_target_ssl_proxy/tasks/main.yml
index 00215f7..dacc8b7 100644
--- a/tests/integration/gcp_compute_target_ssl_proxy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/gcp_compute_target_ssl_proxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
   gcp_compute_backend_service:
     name: backendservice-targetsslproxy
     backends:
-    - group: "{{ instancegroup }}"
+    - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
     health_checks:
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     protocol: SSL
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
   gcp_compute_backend_service:
     name: backendservice-targetsslproxy
     backends:
-    - group: "{{ instancegroup }}"
+    - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
     health_checks:
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     protocol: SSL
diff --git a/tests/integration/gcp_compute_target_tcp_proxy/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/gcp_compute_target_tcp_proxy/tasks/main.yml
index 5ad77de..9c0713c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/gcp_compute_target_tcp_proxy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/gcp_compute_target_tcp_proxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
   gcp_compute_backend_service:
     name: backendservice-targettcpproxy
     backends:
-    - group: "{{ instancegroup }}"
+    - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
     health_checks:
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     protocol: TCP
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
   gcp_compute_backend_service:
     name: backendservice-targettcpproxy
     backends:
-    - group: "{{ instancegroup }}"
+    - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
     health_checks:
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     protocol: TCP
diff --git a/tests/integration/gcp_compute_url_map/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/gcp_compute_url_map/tasks/main.yml
index 2361a63..e359dd7 100644
--- a/tests/integration/gcp_compute_url_map/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/gcp_compute_url_map/tasks/main.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   gcp_compute_backend_service:
     name: backendservice-urlmap
     backends:
-    - group: "{{ instancegroup }}"
+    - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
     health_checks:
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     enable_cdn: 'true'
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
   gcp_compute_backend_service:
     name: backendservice-urlmap
     backends:
-    - group: "{{ instancegroup }}"
+    - group: "{{ instancegroup.selfLink }}"
     health_checks:
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     enable_cdn: 'true'