diff --git a/cluster/gke/util.sh b/cluster/gke/util.sh
index d6e8e4e165c..ea15e7a279f 100755
--- a/cluster/gke/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gke/util.sh
@@ -245,7 +245,8 @@ function detect-minion-names {
   detect-node-instance-group
   MINION_NAMES=($(gcloud compute instance-groups managed list-instances \
     "${NODE_INSTANCE_GROUP}" --zone "${ZONE}" --project "${PROJECT}" \
-    | cut -d'/' -f11))
+    --format=yaml | grep instance: | cut -d ' ' -f 2))
+
   echo "MINION_NAMES=${MINION_NAMES[*]}"
 }