diff --git a/pkg/providers/vsphere/testdata/expected_results_minimal_autoscaling_md.yaml b/pkg/providers/vsphere/testdata/expected_results_minimal_autoscaling_md.yaml
index 20c1403d56ca..0d8968d4bc8d 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/vsphere/testdata/expected_results_minimal_autoscaling_md.yaml
+++ b/pkg/providers/vsphere/testdata/expected_results_minimal_autoscaling_md.yaml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ spec:
   template:
     spec:
       cloneMode: linkedClone
-      datacenter: SDDC-Datacenter
+      datacenter: 'SDDC-Datacenter'
       datastore: /SDDC-Datacenter/datastore/WorkloadDatastore
       diskGiB: 25
       folder: '/SDDC-Datacenter/vm'