diff --git a/.vib/cassandra/goss/vars.yaml b/.vib/cassandra/goss/vars.yaml
index 9176895c6eaa..b5a4c421930a 100644
--- a/.vib/cassandra/goss/vars.yaml
+++ b/.vib/cassandra/goss/vars.yaml
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ files:
   - mode: "0755"
     paths:
       - /opt/bitnami/cassandra/bin/cqlsh
-  - paths:
-      - /opt/bitnami/cassandra/conf.default
 directories:
   - mode: "0775"
     paths:
@@ -21,6 +19,8 @@ directories:
       - /opt/bitnami/cassandra/conf
       - /opt/bitnami/cassandra/logs
       - /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
+  - paths:
+      - /opt/bitnami/cassandra/conf.default
 root_dir: /opt/bitnami
 sed_in_place:
   exclude_paths: