diff --git a/os_builders/CHANGELOG.md b/os_builders/CHANGELOG.md
index 6bb63ce..334f454 100644
--- a/os_builders/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/os_builders/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-See branch 0.4.X for upcoming changes.
+### Fixed:
+
+-  Removes double quotes from Virtual machine UUID reporting to Pakiti.
 
 ## [0.3.1] - 2026-08-25
 
diff --git a/os_builders/roles/vm_baseline/files/run-pakiti b/os_builders/roles/vm_baseline/files/run-pakiti
index a9d8f9a..b26ad70 100644
--- a/os_builders/roles/vm_baseline/files/run-pakiti
+++ b/os_builders/roles/vm_baseline/files/run-pakiti
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -x
 
-UUID=$(jq .uuid /mnt/context/openstack/latest/meta_data.json)
+UUID=$(jq -r .uuid /mnt/context/openstack/latest/meta_data.json)
 # We set the host as the UUID in case there are VMs with duplicte IP addresses
 # Such as 192.168.X.Y or 10.10.X.Y
 /usr/sbin/pakiti3 --url "https://pakiti.stfc.ac.uk/feed/" --site Cloud --host "$UUID"