diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/templates/word_cloud/default.yaml b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/templates/word_cloud/default.yaml
index 8317a0e78e..7f1c838ca9 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/templates/word_cloud/default.yaml
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/templates/word_cloud/default.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 metadata:
     display_name: Word cloud
     version: 1
-data: |
-  <word_cloud num_inputs="5" num_top_words="250" display_student_percents="True" />
+    num_inputs: 5
+    num_top_words: 250
+    display_student_percents: True
+data: {}
 children: []