diff --git a/components/automate-cli/cmd/chef-automate/certRotate.go b/components/automate-cli/cmd/chef-automate/certRotate.go
index 6a0d4794fdd..b692748b723 100644
--- a/components/automate-cli/cmd/chef-automate/certRotate.go
+++ b/components/automate-cli/cmd/chef-automate/certRotate.go
@@ -270,6 +270,6 @@ func addHostKey(host string, remote net.Addr, pubKey ssh.PublicKey) error {
 
 	knownHosts := knownhosts.Normalize(remote.String())
 	_, fileErr := f.WriteString(knownhosts.Line([]string{knownHosts}, pubKey))
-	f.WriteString("/n")
+	f.WriteString("\n")
 	return fileErr
 }