diff --git a/cfg/1.6/master.yaml b/cfg/1.6/master.yaml
index 209f31d3907b81990d4ff5a4ef9e06102486e1b3..1db170faedd0e18124ea8e4a6627f4f566573f21 100644
--- a/cfg/1.6/master.yaml
+++ b/cfg/1.6/master.yaml
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ groups:
       
     - id: 1.4.11
       text: "Ensure that the etcd data directory permissions are set to 700 or more restrictive (Scored)"
-      audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep | grep -o data-dir=.* | cut -d= -f2 | xargs stat -c %a"
+      audit: ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep | sed 's%.*data-dir[= ]\(\S*\)%\1%' | xargs stat -c %a
       tests:
         test_items:
         - flag: "700"
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ groups:
 
     - id: 1.4.12
       text: "Ensure that the etcd data directory ownership is set to etcd:etcd (Scored)"
-      audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep | grep -o data-dir=.* | cut -d= -f2 | xargs stat -c %U:%G"
+      audit: ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep | sed 's%.*data-dir[= ]\(\S*\)%\1%' | xargs stat -c %U:%G
       tests:
         test_items:
         - flag: "etcd:etcd"
diff --git a/cfg/1.7/master.yaml b/cfg/1.7/master.yaml
index a306eef2ac691bc1f82d5d12220085582509ee1b..fa35e39afb21b809b41b703cd5d792fd584abfdb 100644
--- a/cfg/1.7/master.yaml
+++ b/cfg/1.7/master.yaml
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ groups:
       
     - id: 1.4.11
       text: "Ensure that the etcd data directory permissions are set to 700 or more restrictive (Scored)"
-      audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep | grep -o data-dir=.* | cut -d= -f2 | xargs stat -c %a"
+      audit: ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep | sed 's%.*data-dir[= ]\(\S*\)%\1%' | xargs stat -c %a
       tests:
         test_items:
         - flag: "700"
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ groups:
 
     - id: 1.4.12
       text: "Ensure that the etcd data directory ownership is set to etcd:etcd (Scored)"
-      audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep | grep -o data-dir=.* | cut -d= -f2 | xargs stat -c %U:%G"
+      audit: ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep | ed 's%.*data-dir[= ]\(\S*\)%\1%' | xargs stat -c %U:%G
       tests:
         test_items:
         - flag: "etcd:etcd"
diff --git a/cfg/1.8/master.yaml b/cfg/1.8/master.yaml
index 43cbabc360689bbfdd999c8d978e63e86282a4f3..fa32157f77e02f0d98f1f47411520a458e4934ad 100644
--- a/cfg/1.8/master.yaml
+++ b/cfg/1.8/master.yaml
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ groups:
 
   - id: 1.4.11
     text: "Ensure that the etcd data directory permissions are set to 700 or more restrictive (Scored)"
-    audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep | grep -o data-dir=.* | cut -d= -f2 | xargs stat -c %a"
+    audit: ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep | sed 's%.*data-dir[= ]\(\S*\)%\1%' | xargs stat -c %a
     tests:
       test_items:
       - flag: "700"
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ groups:
 
   - id: 1.4.12
     text: "Ensure that the etcd data directory ownership is set to etcd:etcd (Scored)"
-    audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep | grep -o data-dir=.* | cut -d= -f2 | xargs stat -c %U:%G"
+    audit: ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep | sed 's%.*data-dir[= ]\(\S*\)%\1%' | xargs stat -c %U:%G
     tests:
       test_items:
       - flag: "etcd:etcd"