diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-yaml.py b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-yaml.py
index 6f412b725..3558e57d8 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-yaml.py
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-yaml.py
@@ -346,7 +346,10 @@ def get(args):
         print(f"Key '{key}' not found by so-yaml.py", file=sys.stderr)
         return 2
 
-    print(yaml.safe_dump(output))
+    if isinstance(output, (dict, list)):
+        print(yaml.safe_dump(output).strip())
+    else:
+        print(output)
     return 0
 
 
diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 60d0a9bda..16fb9e669 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ migrate_pcap_to_suricata() {
 
   for pillar_file in "$PCAPFILE" "$MINIONDIR"/*.sls; do
     [[ -f "$pillar_file" ]] || continue
-    pcap_enabled=$(so-yaml.py get "$pillar_file" pcap.enabled 2>/dev/null | head -1) || continue
+    pcap_enabled=$(so-yaml.py get "$pillar_file" pcap.enabled 2>/dev/null) || continue
     so-yaml.py add "$pillar_file" suricata.pcap.enabled "$pcap_enabled"
     so-yaml.py remove "$pillar_file" pcap
   done