diff --git a/pkg/policy/criteria/matchers.go b/pkg/policy/criteria/matchers.go
index d0d561726..4f52ebb2b 100644
--- a/pkg/policy/criteria/matchers.go
+++ b/pkg/policy/criteria/matchers.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func matchStringList(dst *ast.Body, left *ast.Term, right parser.Value) error {
 	str, ok := right.(parser.String)
 	if ok {
 		right = parser.Object{
-			"is": str,
+			"has": str,
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/policy/criteria/matchers_test.go b/pkg/policy/criteria/matchers_test.go
index 7b9b2d08e..8e65b2347 100644
--- a/pkg/policy/criteria/matchers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/policy/criteria/matchers_test.go
@@ -98,6 +98,6 @@ func TestStringListMatcher(t *testing.T) {
 		var body ast.Body
 		err := matchStringList(&body, ast.VarTerm("example"), parser.String("test"))
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, `count(example) == 1`+"\n"+`count([true | some v; v = example[_]; v == "test"]) > 0`, str(body))
+		assert.Equal(t, `count([true | some v; v = example[_]; v == "test"]) > 0`, str(body))
 	})
 }