diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index c71296caab..3917d72a55 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -1833,7 +1833,8 @@ function set-replica-name() {
 #
 # $1: project
 function get-template() {
-  gcloud compute instance-templates list -r "${NODE_INSTANCE_PREFIX}-template(-(${KUBE_RELEASE_VERSION_DASHED_REGEX}|${KUBE_CI_VERSION_DASHED_REGEX}))?" \
+  gcloud compute instance-templates list \
+    --filter="name ~ '${NODE_INSTANCE_PREFIX}-template(-(${KUBE_RELEASE_VERSION_DASHED_REGEX}|${KUBE_CI_VERSION_DASHED_REGEX}))?'" \
     --project="${1}" --format='value(name)'
 }