diff --git a/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/nhsd/apigee/plugins/action/deploy_spec.py b/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/nhsd/apigee/plugins/action/deploy_spec.py
index ea2ae7fc..3145ef51 100644
--- a/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/nhsd/apigee/plugins/action/deploy_spec.py
+++ b/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/nhsd/apigee/plugins/action/deploy_spec.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
                         json=spec_resource,
                         status_code=[200, 502],
                     )
-                    if response_dict["status_code"] != 502:
+                    if response_dict["response"]["status_code"] != 502:
                         break
                     # Yet another partially broken API...
                     # Let's honour apigee's request to wait 30s before retry.