diff --git a/tests/check/test-basic.sh b/tests/check/test-basic.sh
index 95be69c0..1ccb47b2 100755
--- a/tests/check/test-basic.sh
+++ b/tests/check/test-basic.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ echo "ok status shows right version"
 rpm-ostree status --json > status.json
 json-glib-format status.json
 if test -x /usr/bin/jq; then
-    jq '.[0].version' < status.json > version.txt
+    jq '.deployments[0].version' < status.json > version.txt
     assert_file_has_content version.txt '1\.0\.10'
 fi