diff --git a/roles/etc-git/tasks/main.yml b/roles/etc-git/tasks/main.yml
index d659adf..d68bdf8 100644
--- a/roles/etc-git/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/etc-git/tasks/main.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 - name: Legacy hourly cron job for /etc/.git status is absent
   cron:
     name: git status
-    minute: 42
+    minute: "42"
     job: who > /dev/null || /usr/local/bin/git --git-dir=/etc/.git --work-tree=/etc status --short
     state: absent
   tags: