diff --git a/sos/report/plugins/rpmostree.py b/sos/report/plugins/rpmostree.py
index 36a4e6a508..371bf64838 100644
--- a/sos/report/plugins/rpmostree.py
+++ b/sos/report/plugins/rpmostree.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def setup(self):
         self.add_copy_spec('/etc/ostree/remotes.d/')
 
         subcmds = [
-            'status -v',
+            'status --json',
             'kargs',
             'db list',
             'db diff',