diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions/README.md b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions/README.md
index d7ec9c13ae28a..d48461403676c 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions/README.md
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions/README.md
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ const getIssue = tasks.HttpInvoke.jsonata(this, 'Get Issue', {
   method: sfn.TaskInput.fromText('GET'),
   // Parse the API call result to object and set to the variables
   assign: {
-    hostname: $states.input.hostname,
+    hostname: '{% $states.input.hostname %}',
     issue: '{% $parse($states.result.ResponseBody) %}',
   },
 });