diff --git a/data-prepper-pipeline-parser/src/main/resources/templates/documentdb-template.yaml b/data-prepper-pipeline-parser/src/main/resources/templates/documentdb-template.yaml
index 9ea959f78a..bd9d0b6a89 100644
--- a/data-prepper-pipeline-parser/src/main/resources/templates/documentdb-template.yaml
+++ b/data-prepper-pipeline-parser/src/main/resources/templates/documentdb-template.yaml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
         disable_s3_metadata_in_event: true
         scan:
           folder_partitions:
-            depth: [ "<<FUNCTION_NAME:calculateDepth,PARAMETER:$.<<pipeline-name>>.source.documentdb.s3_prefix>>" ]
+            depth: "<<FUNCTION_NAME:calculateDepth,PARAMETER:$.<<pipeline-name>>.source.documentdb.s3_prefix>>"
             max_objects_per_ownership: 50
           buckets:
             - bucket: