diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/flux/extract.spec.ts b/lib/modules/manager/flux/extract.spec.ts
index 6e8b4694637ab0..f14307c3cc62c9 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/flux/extract.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/flux/extract.spec.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/flux/extract', () => {
           },
           {
             autoReplaceStringTemplate:
-              '{{#if newValue}}:{{newValue}}{{/if}}{{#if newDigest}}@{{newDigest}}{{/if}}',
+              '{{#if newValue}}{{newValue}}{{/if}}{{#if newDigest}}@{{newDigest}}{{/if}}',
             currentDigest: undefined,
             currentValue: 'v1.8.2',
             datasource: DockerDatasource.id,
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/flux/extract', () => {
         deps: [
           {
             autoReplaceStringTemplate:
-              '{{#if newValue}}:{{newValue}}{{/if}}{{#if newDigest}}@{{newDigest}}{{/if}}',
+              '{{#if newValue}}{{newValue}}{{/if}}{{#if newDigest}}@{{newDigest}}{{/if}}',
             currentValue: 'v1.8.2',
             currentDigest: undefined,
             depName: 'ghcr.io/kyverno/manifests/kyverno',
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/flux/extract', () => {
         deps: [
           {
             autoReplaceStringTemplate:
-              '{{#if newValue}}:{{newValue}}{{/if}}{{#if newDigest}}@{{newDigest}}{{/if}}',
+              '{{#if newValue}}{{newValue}}{{/if}}{{#if newDigest}}@{{newDigest}}{{/if}}',
             currentDigest:
               'sha256:761c3189c482d0f1f0ad3735ca05c4c398cae201d2169f6645280c7b7b2ce6fc',
             currentValue: 'v1.8.2',
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/flux/extract', () => {
           deps: [
             {
               autoReplaceStringTemplate:
-                '{{#if newValue}}:{{newValue}}{{/if}}{{#if newDigest}}@{{newDigest}}{{/if}}',
+                '{{#if newValue}}{{newValue}}{{/if}}{{#if newDigest}}@{{newDigest}}{{/if}}',
               currentDigest: undefined,
               currentValue: 'v1.8.2',
               depName: 'ghcr.io/kyverno/manifests/kyverno',
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/flux/extract.ts b/lib/modules/manager/flux/extract.ts
index 41bc404242f4ac..a15f5aa486fba1 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/flux/extract.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/flux/extract.ts
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ function resolveResourceManifest(
         } else if (resource.spec.ref?.tag) {
           dep = getDep(`${container}:${resource.spec.ref.tag}`, false);
           dep.autoReplaceStringTemplate =
-            '{{#if newValue}}:{{newValue}}{{/if}}{{#if newDigest}}@{{newDigest}}{{/if}}';
+            '{{#if newValue}}{{newValue}}{{/if}}{{#if newDigest}}@{{newDigest}}{{/if}}';
           dep.replaceString = resource.spec.ref.tag;
         } else {
           dep.skipReason = 'unversioned-reference';