diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/components/CodeEditor/CodeEditor.test.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/components/CodeEditor/CodeEditor.test.jsx
index 2da3604574..be12a6d5ee 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/components/CodeEditor/CodeEditor.test.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/components/CodeEditor/CodeEditor.test.jsx
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ describe('CodeEditor', () => {
   it('should trigger onChange prop', () => {
     const onChange = jest.fn();
     const wrapper = mount(
-      <CodeEditor value="---\n" onChange={onChange} mode="yaml" />
+      <CodeEditor value="---" onChange={onChange} mode="yaml" />
     );
     const aceEditor = wrapper.find('AceEditor');
     expect(aceEditor.prop('mode')).toEqual('yaml');
     expect(aceEditor.prop('setOptions').readOnly).toEqual(false);
+    expect(aceEditor.prop('value')).toEqual('---');
     aceEditor.prop('onChange')('newvalue');
     expect(onChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith('newvalue');
   });
@@ -22,9 +23,10 @@ describe('CodeEditor', () => {
   it('should render in read only mode', () => {
     const onChange = jest.fn();
     const wrapper = mount(
-      <CodeEditor value="---\n" onChange={onChange} mode="yaml" readOnly />
+      <CodeEditor value="---" onChange={onChange} mode="yaml" readOnly />
     );
     const aceEditor = wrapper.find('AceEditor');
     expect(aceEditor.prop('setOptions').readOnly).toEqual(true);
+    expect(aceEditor.prop('value')).toEqual('---');
   });
 });
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/components/CodeEditor/VariablesField.test.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/components/CodeEditor/VariablesField.test.jsx
index abbb091715..d1048ef4d1 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/components/CodeEditor/VariablesField.test.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/components/CodeEditor/VariablesField.test.jsx
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ describe('VariablesField', () => {
     });
     wrapper.update();
     expect(wrapper.find('CodeEditor').prop('mode')).toEqual('javascript');
+    expect(wrapper.find('CodeEditor').prop('value')).toEqual('{}');
     const buttons2 = wrapper.find('Button');
     expect(buttons2.at(0).prop('variant')).toEqual('secondary');
     expect(buttons2.at(1).prop('variant')).toEqual('primary');
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ describe('VariablesField', () => {
     expect(field.prop('hasErrors')).toEqual(true);
     expect(wrapper.find('.pf-m-error')).toHaveLength(1);
   });
+
   it('should render tooltip', () => {
     const value = '---\n';
     const wrapper = mountWithContexts(