diff --git a/inttest/k0sctl/k0sctl_test.go b/inttest/k0sctl/k0sctl_test.go
index 442b918147ad..a6808b6efe4f 100644
--- a/inttest/k0sctl/k0sctl_test.go
+++ b/inttest/k0sctl/k0sctl_test.go
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ func (s *K0sctlSuite) k0sctlInitConfig() (*dig.Mapping, error) {
 	args := []string{"init", "--controller-count", fmt.Sprintf("%d", s.ControllerCount)}
 	args = append(args, addresses...)
 	out, err := exec.Command("./k0sctl", args...).Output()
+	s.T().Logf("k0sctl init output:\n%s", string(out))
 
 	cfg := &dig.Mapping{}
 	err = yaml.Unmarshal(out, cfg)
@@ -146,15 +147,21 @@ func (s *K0sctlSuite) TestK0sGetsUp() {
 	s.NoError(s.DownloadK0sctl())
 	cfg, err := s.k0sctlInitConfig()
 
-	hosts, ok := cfg.Dig("spec", "hosts").([]*dig.Mapping)
+	spec := cfg.DigMapping("spec")
+	hosts, ok := spec["hosts"].([]interface{})
 	if !ok {
 		s.T().Logf("k0sctl config inspection:\n%+v", cfg)
 		s.Fail("could not find spec.hosts in generated k0sctl.yaml")
 	}
 
 	for _, h := range hosts {
-		(*h)["uploadBinary"] = true
-		(*h)["k0sBinaryPath"] = os.Getenv("K0S_PATH")
+		host, ok := h.(map[string]interface{})
+		if !ok {
+			s.Failf("k0sctl config", "is not what was expected: %+v", host)
+		}
+
+		host["uploadBinary"] = true
+		host["k0sBinaryPath"] = os.Getenv("K0S_PATH")
 	}
 
 	s.NoError(err)