diff --git a/roles/common/molecule/default/prepare.yml b/roles/common/molecule/default/prepare.yml
index 4563b65b26a9b63dbc131e22148e8a709809a912..58d895c7482b2afb250d8b8f398a2e85a4e579a6 100644
--- a/roles/common/molecule/default/prepare.yml
+++ b/roles/common/molecule/default/prepare.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         line: "{{ item.key }} {{ item.value }}"
         owner: root
         group: root
-        mode: 0644
+        mode: "0644"
         state: present
       with_dict:
         192.168.56.21: parameters-mandatory-bookworm
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
         line: "{{ item.key }} {{ item.value }}"
         owner: root
         group: root
-        mode: 0644
+        mode: "0644"
         state: present
       with_dict:
         192.168.56.3: client1
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
         state: directory
         owner: root
         group: root
-        mode: 0750
+        mode: "0750"
 
     - name: Create deprecated directory for Python 3 virtual environment (pip requirements upgrade checks)
       file:
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
         state: directory
         owner: root
         group: root
-        mode: 0750
+        mode: "0750"
 
     - name: Create deprecated cronjob file for Python 3 (pip requirements upgrade checks)
       file:
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
         state: touch
         owner: root
         group: root
-        mode: 0644
+        mode: "0644"
 
     - name: Install the deprecated/obsolete NTP-related packages
       apt: