diff --git a/roles/common/molecule/default/converge.yml b/roles/common/molecule/default/converge.yml
index e0bfdad39269d60ee6914dd7464e28e08846aaa3..c5feb2ad46188500960bb93dc23157a0502b7d11 100644
--- a/roles/common/molecule/default/converge.yml
+++ b/roles/common/molecule/default/converge.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         state: directory
         owner: root
         group: pipreqcheck
-        mode: 0750
+        mode: "0750"
       with_items:
         - "/tmp/pip_check_requirements_upgrades"
         - "/tmp/pip_check_requirements_upgrades/with_updates"
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
         dest: "/tmp/{{ item }}"
         owner: root
         group: pipreqcheck
-        mode: 0640
-        directory_mode: 0750
+        mode: "0640"
+        directory_mode: "0750"
       with_items:
         - "pip_check_requirements_upgrades/with_updates/requirements.in"
         - "pip_check_requirements_upgrades/with_updates/requirements.txt"
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         dest: /etc/ferm/conf.d/99-http.conf
         owner: root
         group: root
-        mode: 0640
+        mode: "0640"
       notify:
         - Restart ferm