diff --git a/big-ip/terraform/infrastructure/azureBigipInstances.tf b/big-ip/terraform/infrastructure/azureBigipInstances.tf
index 0e2869b0..e349e580 100644
--- a/big-ip/terraform/infrastructure/azureBigipInstances.tf
+++ b/big-ip/terraform/infrastructure/azureBigipInstances.tf
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ resource "azurerm_network_security_group" "big-ip-management-sg" {
     protocol                   = "Tcp"
     source_port_range          = "*"
     destination_port_range     = "22"
-    source_address_prefixes    = "[var.allowed_ips]"
+    source_address_prefixes    = var.allowed_ips
     destination_address_prefix = "*"
   }
   security_rule {
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ resource "azurerm_network_security_group" "big-ip-management-sg" {
     protocol                   = "Tcp"
     source_port_range          = "*"
     destination_port_range     = "443"
-    source_address_prefixes    = "[var.allowed_ips]"
+    source_address_prefixes    = var.allowed_ips
     destination_address_prefix = "*"
   }
   security_rule {
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ resource "azurerm_network_security_group" "big-ip-external-sg" {
     protocol                   = "Tcp"
     source_port_range          = "*"
     destination_port_range     = "443"
-    source_address_prefixes    = "[var.allowed_ips]"
+    source_address_prefixes    = var.allowed_ips
     destination_address_prefix = "*"
   }
   tags = {
diff --git a/big-ip/terraform/infrastructure/variables.tf b/big-ip/terraform/infrastructure/variables.tf
index c21f7c7b..10acdd51 100644
--- a/big-ip/terraform/infrastructure/variables.tf
+++ b/big-ip/terraform/infrastructure/variables.tf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Shared variables
 
 variable "allowed_ips" {
-  type        = list(any)
+  type        = string
   description = "Allowed Client IP addresses for management access"
 }
 variable "allowed_github_ips" {