diff --git a/roles/StackStorm.st2/tasks/config.yml b/roles/StackStorm.st2/tasks/config.yml
index bd4d4b07..2fa7f97e 100644
--- a/roles/StackStorm.st2/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/roles/StackStorm.st2/tasks/config.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     dest: /etc/st2/st2.conf
     section: "{{ _conf_section_name }}"
     option: "{{ _conf_option.0 }}"
-    value: "{{ _conf_option.1 }}"
+    value: "{{ _conf_option.1 | string }}"
   # dict2items not available until 2.6, so use Jinja's dictsort instead
   loop: "{{ _conf_options | dictsort }}"
   loop_control:
diff --git a/roles/StackStorm.st2mistral/tasks/config.yml b/roles/StackStorm.st2mistral/tasks/config.yml
index 38c41e52..ad7c9672 100644
--- a/roles/StackStorm.st2mistral/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/roles/StackStorm.st2mistral/tasks/config.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     dest: /etc/mistral/mistral.conf
     section: "{{ _conf_section_name }}"
     option: "{{ _conf_option.0 }}"
-    value: "{{ _conf_option.1 }}"
+    value: "{{ _conf_option.1 | string }}"
   # dict2items not available until 2.6, so use Jinja's dictsort instead
   loop: "{{ _conf_options | dictsort }}"
   loop_control: