diff --git a/stepactions/eaas-copy-secrets-to-ephemeral-cluster/0.1/eaas-copy-secrets-to-ephemeral-cluster.yaml b/stepactions/eaas-copy-secrets-to-ephemeral-cluster/0.1/eaas-copy-secrets-to-ephemeral-cluster.yaml
index 03bb12120d..b6c5994055 100644
--- a/stepactions/eaas-copy-secrets-to-ephemeral-cluster/0.1/eaas-copy-secrets-to-ephemeral-cluster.yaml
+++ b/stepactions/eaas-copy-secrets-to-ephemeral-cluster/0.1/eaas-copy-secrets-to-ephemeral-cluster.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ spec:
     set -eo pipefail
 
     oc get secrets -l "$LABEL_SELECTOR" -o json \
-      | jq ".items[].metadata.namespace=\"$NAMESPACE\"" \
+      | jq --arg ns "$NAMESPACE" '.items[].metadata.namespace=$ns' \
       | jq 'del(.items[] | .metadata.creationTimestamp,
                 .metadata.uid, .metadata.resourceVersion,
                 .metadata.annotations."kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration")' \
diff --git a/stepactions/eaas-get-latest-openshift-version-by-prefix/0.1/eaas-get-latest-openshift-version-by-prefix.yaml b/stepactions/eaas-get-latest-openshift-version-by-prefix/0.1/eaas-get-latest-openshift-version-by-prefix.yaml
index 9fa5431e86..9fdd18e6b7 100644
--- a/stepactions/eaas-get-latest-openshift-version-by-prefix/0.1/eaas-get-latest-openshift-version-by-prefix.yaml
+++ b/stepactions/eaas-get-latest-openshift-version-by-prefix/0.1/eaas-get-latest-openshift-version-by-prefix.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ spec:
     set -eo pipefail
 
     echo "GET $URL"
-    RESULT=$(curl -s -L -H "Accepts: application/json" $URL)
+    RESULT=$(curl -f -s -L -H "Accepts: application/json" $URL)
     echo "$RESULT"
     jq -j '.name' <<< "$RESULT" > $(step.results.version.path)