diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/esxi7/profiles/hypervisor/scripts/makeksnet b/confluent_osdeploy/esxi7/profiles/hypervisor/scripts/makeksnet
index 7dcf966a..c6c310b2 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/esxi7/profiles/hypervisor/scripts/makeksnet
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/esxi7/profiles/hypervisor/scripts/makeksnet
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import re
 import subprocess
 import json
-uplinkmatch = re.compile('^\s*Uplinks:\s*(.*)')
+uplinkmatch = re.compile(r'^\s*Uplinks:\s*(.*)')
 nodename = None
 for inf in open('/etc/confluent/confluent.info', 'r').read().split('\n'):
     if inf.startswith('NODENAME: '):