diff --git a/longevity-tests/run-curl.sh b/longevity-tests/run-curl.sh
index 349756a43085a5a9eeaa5b63f54ef41281f4fe68..65b97fd1250ae5705ac52a829cebf501cf829c79 100755
--- a/longevity-tests/run-curl.sh
+++ b/longevity-tests/run-curl.sh
@@ -9,23 +9,20 @@ while true; do
     requestId=$((requestId+1))
     echo "requestId: $requestId"
     url="https://${kms1AkmsURL}/api/v1/keys/ksa_key_req"
-    data=$(cat <<EOF
-    {
-        "ReceivingCKMSID": "5e41c291-6121-4335-84f6-41e04b8bdaa2",
-        "RequestID": "${requestId}",
-        "KeyProperties": {
-            "Number": 1,
-            "KeyLength": 256,
-            "Timeout": 20,
-            "TTL": 24
-        }
-    }
-EOF
+    data=$(
     )
 
     curl -X POST "$url" \
              -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-             -d "$data"
-
+             -d "$data" {
+        "ReceivingCKMSID": "5e41c291-6121-4335-84f6-41e04b8bdaa2",
+        "RequestID": "${requestId}",
+        "KeyProperties": { \
+            "Number": 1, \
+            "KeyLength": 256, \
+            "Timeout": 20, \
+            "TTL": 24 \
+        } \
+    }
     sleep 1
 done