diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 8ef903dfec18f3ea251e3ea624ab57cc71f7c70a..59e4f2e18121a595601470863985239945b0e30d 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -77,9 +77,7 @@
     - "{{ paas_ci_workdir + '/report.txt' }}" 
 
   - name: get Severity file content
-    ansible.builtin.debug: var=item
-    with_file:
-    - "{{ paas_ci_workdir + '/severity.txt'}}"
+    shell: cat "{{ paas_ci_workdir + '/severity.json'}}"
     register: severity 
   
   - name: import severity
diff --git a/utils/script.py b/utils/script.py
index aafada78849f07e80997894835dc026a4d0fae7b..a9efb96015caa0dd474937de4370e4292a1ce5f2 100644
--- a/utils/script.py
+++ b/utils/script.py
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ for host,ports in endpoints.items():
     task_name = f"{auth_name}_task_{host}"
     port_list_name = f"{auth_name}_pl_{host}"
     report_filename = f"{output_dir}/report.txt"
-    severity_filename = f"{output_dir}/severity.txt"
+    severity_filename = f"{output_dir}/severity.json"
 
     pl = get_or_create_port_list(port_list_name,ports)
     print_pretty_json(pl)