diff --git a/test/integration/targets/netconf_config/tests/iosxr/basic.yaml b/test/integration/targets/netconf_config/tests/iosxr/basic.yaml
index 92a3ff6111d..c2cd38974de 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/netconf_config/tests/iosxr/basic.yaml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/netconf_config/tests/iosxr/basic.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   netconf_config:
     backup: yes
   register: result
+  connection: netconf
 
 - assert:
     that:
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/netconf_get/tests/iosxr/basic.yaml b/test/integration/targets/netconf_get/tests/iosxr/basic.yaml
index fa03bb30eca..0a6066d4fa8 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/netconf_get/tests/iosxr/basic.yaml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/netconf_get/tests/iosxr/basic.yaml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 
 - assert:
     that:
-      - "{{ result['output']['rpc-reply']['data']['aaa'] is defined}}"
+      - "{{ result['output']['data']['aaa'] is defined}}"
 
 - name: get configuration data in xml pretty format
   netconf_get: