diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/generator/cross_validate.py b/paddle/fluid/operators/generator/cross_validate.py
index 7c5014994c4ac4e64f9b9df02a167970b1115166..82d21f47c62d0cba7e1593bac41c595fdc5a51bb 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/generator/cross_validate.py
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/generator/cross_validate.py
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         '--forward_yaml_paths',
         type=str,
         nargs='+',
-        default=str(current_dir / "op .parsed.yaml"),
+        default=[str(current_dir / "op .parsed.yaml")],
         help="forward op yaml file.",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         '--backward_yaml_paths',
         type=str,
         nargs='+',
-        default=str(current_dir / "backward_op .parsed.yaml"),
+        default=[str(current_dir / "backward_op .parsed.yaml")],
         help="backward op yaml file.",
     )
 
diff --git a/paddle/phi/api/yaml/generator/api_gen.py b/paddle/phi/api/yaml/generator/api_gen.py
index c9ebfd7fea387ddc38eba59f529c85c8980d1f00..63e6d6cb5040edfe99cf9f238fdf4f440eff8e88 100644
--- a/paddle/phi/api/yaml/generator/api_gen.py
+++ b/paddle/phi/api/yaml/generator/api_gen.py
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ def main():
         '--api_yaml_path',
         help='path to api yaml file',
         nargs='+',
-        default='paddle/phi/api/yaml/ops.yaml',
+        default=['paddle/phi/api/yaml/ops.yaml'],
     )
 
     parser.add_argument(
diff --git a/paddle/phi/api/yaml/generator/backward_api_gen.py b/paddle/phi/api/yaml/generator/backward_api_gen.py
index 75914ac4004975a5192294a429556ce66cc13251..4d10f8b56bcf68dde402abfc1fbac5e4b3c1f865 100644
--- a/paddle/phi/api/yaml/generator/backward_api_gen.py
+++ b/paddle/phi/api/yaml/generator/backward_api_gen.py
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ def main():
         '--backward_yaml_path',
         help='path to backward yaml file',
         nargs='+',
-        default='paddle/phi/api/yaml/backward.yaml',
+        default=['paddle/phi/api/yaml/backward.yaml'],
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         '--backward_header_path',
diff --git a/paddle/phi/api/yaml/generator/intermediate_api_gen.py b/paddle/phi/api/yaml/generator/intermediate_api_gen.py
index 0c53a578b3201bdcb9f75c8056d10b5a63826591..9cab819aa4a6f62b06edf1894f24a9008200ff68 100644
--- a/paddle/phi/api/yaml/generator/intermediate_api_gen.py
+++ b/paddle/phi/api/yaml/generator/intermediate_api_gen.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def main():
         '--api_yaml_path',
         nargs='+',
         help='path to api yaml file',
-        default='paddle/phi/api/yaml/ops.yaml',
+        default=['paddle/phi/api/yaml/ops.yaml'],
     )
 
     parser.add_argument(
diff --git a/paddle/phi/api/yaml/generator/wrapped_infermeta_gen.py b/paddle/phi/api/yaml/generator/wrapped_infermeta_gen.py
index fdbb9caa3301cc93c4e43af24d02a900d2fc18bc..d9dc4dfc1cc2c304528489c6423cddce19e18fce 100644
--- a/paddle/phi/api/yaml/generator/wrapped_infermeta_gen.py
+++ b/paddle/phi/api/yaml/generator/wrapped_infermeta_gen.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ def main():
         '--api_yaml_path',
         help='path to api yaml file',
         nargs='+',
-        default='paddle/phi/api/yaml/ops.yaml',
+        default=['paddle/phi/api/yaml/ops.yaml'],
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         '--wrapped_infermeta_header_path',