diff --git a/qa/overrides/upgrade_ignorelist_health.yaml b/qa/overrides/upgrade_ignorelist_health.yaml
index 5d175caf73d..0bace513be5 100644
--- a/qa/overrides/upgrade_ignorelist_health.yaml
+++ b/qa/overrides/upgrade_ignorelist_health.yaml
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 overrides:
   ceph:
     log-ignorelist:
-      - \(MDS_ALL_DOWN\)
-      - \(MDS_UP_LESS_THAN_MAX\)
-      - \(OSD_SLOW_PING_TIME
+      - MDS_ALL_DOWN
+      - MDS_UP_LESS_THAN_MAX
+      - OSD_SLOW_PING_TIME
       - reached quota
       - overall HEALTH_
-      - \(CACHE_POOL_NO_HIT_SET\)
-      - \(POOL_FULL\)
-      - \(SMALLER_PGP_NUM\)
-      - \(SLOW_OPS\)
-      - \(CACHE_POOL_NEAR_FULL\)
-      - \(POOL_APP_NOT_ENABLED\)
-      - \(PG_AVAILABILITY\)
-      - \(OBJECT_MISPLACED\)
+      - CACHE_POOL_NO_HIT_SET
+      - POOL_FULL
+      - SMALLER_PGP_NUM
+      - SLOW_OPS
+      - CACHE_POOL_NEAR_FULL
+      - POOL_APP_NOT_ENABLED
+      - PG_AVAILABILITY
+      - OBJECT_MISPLACED
       - slow request
-      - \(MON_DOWN\)
+      - MON_DOWN
       - noscrub
       - nodeep-scrub
       - OSD_ROOT_DOWN