diff --git a/ansible/opnsense/update_opnsense_ha_cluster.yml b/ansible/opnsense/update_opnsense_ha_cluster.yml
index ef70040..a94ab7d 100644
--- a/ansible/opnsense/update_opnsense_ha_cluster.yml
+++ b/ansible/opnsense/update_opnsense_ha_cluster.yml
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@
             total_vips: "{{ _vip_status.json.rowCount }}"
             mismatched_vips: "{{ _vip_status.json.rows | rejectattr('status', 'equalto', main_role) | list | length }}"
             in_maintenance: "{{ _vip_status.json.carp.maintenancemode }}"
-            # update_result: "{{ 'pending' if _firmware_status.json.status == 'update' else 'skipped' }}"
 
         - name: Skip backup update
           ansible.builtin.set_fact:
             skip_update: true
+            firmware_status: "skipped"
           delegate_to: "{{ groups['opnsense_backup'][0] }}"
           delegate_facts: true
           run_once: true
@@ -321,10 +321,6 @@
           retries: 240
           delay: 15
 
-        - name: Assert the node has been updated
-          ansible.builtin.assert:
-            that: 
-
         - name: Check VIP status 
           ansible.builtin.uri:
             url: "https://{{ opnsense_host }}/api/diagnostics/interface/get_vip_status"