diff --git a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/bc_templates/routers/nokia/router/vprn.j2 b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/bc_templates/routers/nokia/router/vprn.j2
index 62e377e502b488bfe2baac8a25a424ba5a04f34f..a36ce1e4f42f05a27e63142f97bc534965920f12 100644
--- a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/bc_templates/routers/nokia/router/vprn.j2
+++ b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/bc_templates/routers/nokia/router/vprn.j2
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
             <aggregate>
                 <ip-prefix>{{ ag.ip_prefix }}</ip-prefix>
                 <community>{{ ag.community }}</community>
-                <discard-component-communities>{{ ag.dcc }}</discard-component-communities>
+                <discard-component-communities>{{ ag.dcc | lower }}</discard-component-communities>
             </aggregate>
           {% endfor %}
         </aggregates>