diff --git a/roles/float-base-docker/tasks/podman.yml b/roles/float-base-docker/tasks/podman.yml
index 3fbe4a109128022743992d6fb6ffb0fe12bba532..a18efa14b43ff42c3e44023a277297bbf4cdbd20 100644
--- a/roles/float-base-docker/tasks/podman.yml
+++ b/roles/float-base-docker/tasks/podman.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   copy:
     src: storage.conf
     dest: "/etc/containers/storage.conf"
-  when: "podman_version < 5"
+  when: "podman_version < '5'"
 
 - file:
     path: "/etc/containers/certs.d"