diff --git a/ci/build_and_deploy.yml.in b/ci/build_and_deploy.yml.in
index 112948fdec5d2e8900085cf71e166bba4d3132b6..6727a1b45e846db3b43e8d3a35527edc203db331 100644
--- a/ci/build_and_deploy.yml.in
+++ b/ci/build_and_deploy.yml.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ variables:
   TAG: @TAG@
   PUBLISH: "@PUBLISH@"
 
-defaults:
+default:
   tags:
     - silicon
 
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ builder:
     - cd containers/builder
     - head Dockerfile
     - make login
-    - echo "Creating builder image for: $TARGET_BUILDER"
+    - echo "Creating builder image for $TARGET_BUILDER"
     - make $TARGET_BUILDER
-    - echo "Publishing image: $PUBLISH"
+    - echo "Publishing image $PUBLISH"
     - make $PUBLISH
 
 config:
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ release:docker:
     - cp config/eic-env.sh containers/release/eic-env.sh
     - cd containers/release
     - make login
-    - echo "Creating release image for: $TARGET_RELEASE"
+    - echo "Creating release image for $TARGET_RELEASE"
     - make $TARGET_RELEASE
-    - echo "Publishing image: $PUBLISH"
+    - echo "Publishing image $PUBLISH"
     - make $PUBLISH
 
 release:singularity: