diff --git a/plugins/modules/cloudwatchlogs_log_group_metric_filter.py b/plugins/modules/cloudwatchlogs_log_group_metric_filter.py
index 7c35026ce8d..60a284e6cf4 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/cloudwatchlogs_log_group_metric_filter.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/cloudwatchlogs_log_group_metric_filter.py
@@ -121,8 +121,9 @@
             "metric_namespace": "made_with_ansible",
             "metric_value": "$.value",
             "unit": "Bytes",
-            "dimensions":
+            "dimensions": {
               "hostname": "$.hostname"
+            }
         }
     ]
 """