diff --git a/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater-wrapper.yml b/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater-wrapper.yml
index f8adc0b..194b2f2 100644
--- a/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater-wrapper.yml
+++ b/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater-wrapper.yml
@@ -13,39 +13,40 @@
   hosts: all
   gather_facts: no
 
-
   tasks:
-    - name: "Wrapper | Debug where iponly facts live"
+    - name: "Wrapper | Extract nb_ip from nb_onedevice_update.py stdout"
+      vars:
+        _out: "{{ (nb_preflight.stdout | default('') | regex_replace('\r','')) }}"
+        _ok_line: "{{ (_out.split('\n') | map('trim') | select('match','^OK\\s+') | list | last | default('')) }}"
+        _ip: "{{ _ok_line | regex_search('(?:^|\\s)ip=([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)(?:\\s|$)', '\\1') | default('') }}"
+      set_fact:
+        wrapper_ok_line: "{{ _ok_line }}"
+        wrapper_nb_ip: "{{ _ip | trim }}"
+
+    - name: "Wrapper | Debug extracted values"
       ansible.builtin.debug:
         msg:
-          - "host nb_ok={{ nb_ok | default('UNDEF') }}, nb_ip={{ nb_ip | default('UNDEF') }}"
-          - "localhost nb_ok={{ hostvars['localhost'].nb_ok | default('UNDEF') }}, nb_ip={{ hostvars['localhost'].nb_ip | default('UNDEF') }}"
+          - "wrapper_ok_line='{{ wrapper_ok_line }}'"
+          - "wrapper_nb_ip='{{ wrapper_nb_ip }}'"
 
-    - name: "Wrapper | Assert iponly succeeded"
+    - name: "Wrapper | Assert IP extracted successfully"
       ansible.builtin.assert:
         that:
           - nb_script is defined
           - nb_script.stat.exists | default(false)
-          - nb_ok | default(false)
-          - (nb_ip | default('') | trim) not in ('', 'NONE', 'null')
+          - (wrapper_ok_line | length) > 0
+          - (wrapper_nb_ip | length) > 0
         fail_msg: >-
-          Wrapper stop: iponly did not produce a usable IP.
-          nb_ok={{ nb_ok | default('UNDEF') }},
-          nb_ip='{{ nb_ip | default('UNDEF') }}'
+          Wrapper stop: could not extract IP from nb_onedevice_update.py output.
+          ok_line='{{ wrapper_ok_line | default('') }}'
+          stdout_tail={{ (nb_preflight.stdout_lines | default([]))[-12:] }}
 
-    - name: "Wrapper | Override ansible_host to refreshed IP ({{ nb_ip }})"
+    - name: "Wrapper | Override ansible_host to refreshed IP ({{ wrapper_nb_ip }})"
       set_fact:
-        ansible_host: "{{ nb_ip | trim }}"
+        ansible_host: "{{ wrapper_nb_ip }}"
 
     - name: "Wrapper | Reset SSH connection context (ensure new ansible_host is used)"
       meta: reset_connection
 
-    - name: "Wrapper | Debug effective target"
-      debug:
-        msg:
-          - "Effective ansible_host={{ ansible_host }}"
-          - "nb_ip={{ nb_ip }}"
-
-
 
 - import_playbook: sot-updater.yml