diff --git a/internal/tests/pytests/wrappers/command_builder/test_command_builder.py b/internal/tests/pytests/wrappers/command_builder/test_command_builder.py
index 93a3bcb80a..112b9590c9 100644
--- a/internal/tests/pytests/wrappers/command_builder/test_command_builder.py
+++ b/internal/tests/pytests/wrappers/command_builder/test_command_builder.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def test_find_obs_offset(metplus_config, offsets, expected_file, offset_seconds)
 
     pcw.c_dict['OFFSETS'] = offsets
     pcw.c_dict['OBS_INPUT_DIR'] = get_data_dir(pcw.config)
-    pcw.c_dict['OBS_INPUT_TEMPLATE'] = "{da_init?fmt=%2H}z.prepbufr.tm{offset?fmt=%2H}.{da_init?fmt=%Y%m%d}"
+    pcw.c_dict['OBS_INPUT_TEMPLATE'] = "{da_init?fmt=%H}z.prepbufr.tm{offset?fmt=%2H}.{da_init?fmt=%Y%m%d}"
     add_field_info_to_time_info(time_info, var_info)
     obs_file, time_info = pcw.find_obs_offset(time_info)
 
diff --git a/internal/tests/pytests/wrappers/pb2nc/test_pb2nc_wrapper.py b/internal/tests/pytests/wrappers/pb2nc/test_pb2nc_wrapper.py
index 5e612e93ce..64bea4e074 100644
--- a/internal/tests/pytests/wrappers/pb2nc/test_pb2nc_wrapper.py
+++ b/internal/tests/pytests/wrappers/pb2nc/test_pb2nc_wrapper.py
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ def test_pb2nc_all_fields(metplus_config, config_overrides,
                '{PARM_BASE}/met_config/PB2NCConfig_wrapped')
     config.set('config', 'PB2NC_INPUT_DIR', input_dir)
     config.set('config', 'PB2NC_INPUT_TEMPLATE',
-               'ndas.t{da_init?fmt=%2H}z.prepbufr.tm{offset?fmt=%2H}.{da_init?fmt=%Y%m%d}.nr')
+               'ndas.t{da_init?fmt=%H}z.prepbufr.tm{offset?fmt=%2H}.{da_init?fmt=%Y%m%d}.nr')
     config.set('config', 'PB2NC_OUTPUT_DIR',
                '{OUTPUT_BASE}/PB2NC/output')
     config.set('config', 'PB2NC_OUTPUT_TEMPLATE', '{valid?fmt=%Y%m%d%H}.nc')