diff --git a/nagios-nrpe/tasks/debian.yml b/nagios-nrpe/tasks/debian.yml
index 983e3e75..f0e3e80a 100644
--- a/nagios-nrpe/tasks/debian.yml
+++ b/nagios-nrpe/tasks/debian.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 - name: Nagios config is secured
   file:
     dest: /etc/nagios/
-    mode: 0750
+    mode: "0750"
     group: nagios
     state: directory
   notify: restart nagios-nrpe-server
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@
   copy:
     src: plugins/
     dest: /usr/local/lib/nagios/plugins/
-    mode: 0755
+    mode: "0755"
   notify: restart nagios-nrpe-server
 
 - name: Nagios lib is secured
   file:
     dest: /usr/local/lib/nagios/
-    mode: 0755
+    mode: "0755"
     group: nagios
     recurse: yes
     state: directory
diff --git a/nagios-nrpe/tasks/openbsd.yml b/nagios-nrpe/tasks/openbsd.yml
index beb9718f..5229778e 100644
--- a/nagios-nrpe/tasks/openbsd.yml
+++ b/nagios-nrpe/tasks/openbsd.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     state: directory
     owner: root
     group: wheel
-    mode: 0755
+    mode: "0755"
 
 - name: Include nrpe.d dir in nrpe.cfg
   lineinfile:
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     dest: /usr/local/libexec/nagios/plugins/
     owner: root
     group: wheel
-    mode: 0755
+    mode: "0755"
   notify: restart nrpe
 
 - name: Starting and enabling nrpe