diff --git a/tower_cli/cli/transfer/send.py b/tower_cli/cli/transfer/send.py
index 94557fc0..65470216 100644
--- a/tower_cli/cli/transfer/send.py
+++ b/tower_cli/cli/transfer/send.py
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ def validate_workflow_nodes(self, nodes):
             unified_job_results = client.request(
                 'get',
                 "unified_job_templates",
-                {'name': job_name, 'type__contains': job_type}
+                {'name': job_name, 'type__startswith': job_type}
             )
 
             # If it failed, move on