diff --git a/libraries/syft/steps/generate_sbom.groovy b/libraries/syft/steps/generate_sbom.groovy
index 568f13d9..e3a08219 100644
--- a/libraries/syft/steps/generate_sbom.groovy
+++ b/libraries/syft/steps/generate_sbom.groovy
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ void call() {
                     // perform the syft scan
                     String archive_name = "${img.registry}-${img.repo}-${img.tag}.tar".replaceAll("/","-")
                     String results_name = "${img.repo}-${img.tag}-${raw_results_file}".replaceAll("/","-")
-                    sh "syft ${archive_name} -o json=${results_name}"
+                    sh "syft ${archive_name} -o json > ${results_name}"
 
                     // archive the results
                     archiveArtifacts artifacts: "${results_name}"
diff --git a/libraries/syft/test/GenerateSBOMSpec.groovy b/libraries/syft/test/GenerateSBOMSpec.groovy
index c5cd645c..dfb82b7a 100644
--- a/libraries/syft/test/GenerateSBOMSpec.groovy
+++ b/libraries/syft/test/GenerateSBOMSpec.groovy
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ public class GenerateSBOMSpec extends JTEPipelineSpecification {
     when:
       GenerateSBOM()
     then:
-      1 * getPipelineMock('sh').call('syft ghcr.io-boozallen-sdp-images-syft-latest.tar -o json=syft-latest-syft-sbom-results.json')
-      1 * getPipelineMock('sh').call('syft ghcr.io-boozallen-sdp-images-grype-latest.tar -o json=grype-latest-syft-sbom-results.json')
+      1 * getPipelineMock('sh').call('syft ghcr.io-boozallen-sdp-images-syft-latest.tar -o json > syft-latest-syft-sbom-results.json')
+      1 * getPipelineMock('sh').call('syft ghcr.io-boozallen-sdp-images-grype-latest.tar -o json > grype-latest-syft-sbom-results.json')
   }
 
   def "Archives SBOM file as expected" () {