diff --git a/test/integration/targets/nxos_bgp_neighbor_af/tests/common/sanity.yaml b/test/integration/targets/nxos_bgp_neighbor_af/tests/common/sanity.yaml
index 164c4138413..a9ba675b46b 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/nxos_bgp_neighbor_af/tests/common/sanity.yaml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/nxos_bgp_neighbor_af/tests/common/sanity.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   when: ansible_connection == "local"
 
 - set_fact: soft_reconfiguration_ina="always"
-  when: imagetag and (imagetag is version_compare('D1', 'ne'))
+  when: imagetag is not search("D1|N1")
 
 - name: "Disable feature BGP"
   nxos_feature: &disable_bgp