diff --git a/vars/Debian.yml b/vars/Debian.yml
index b8f468b3..37863322 100644
--- a/vars/Debian.yml
+++ b/vars/Debian.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 ---
 bind_default_python_version: '3'
 bind_packages:
-  - "{{ ( bind_python_version == '3' ) | ternary( 'python3-netaddr', 'python-netaddr' ) }}"
-  - "{{ ( bind_python_version == '3' ) | ternary( 'python3-dnspython', 'python-dnspython' ) }}"
+  - "{{ ( bind_python_version | string == '3' ) | ternary( 'python3-netaddr', 'python-netaddr' ) }}"
+  - "{{ ( bind_python_version | string == '3' ) | ternary( 'python3-dnspython', 'python-dnspython' ) }}"
   - bind9
   - bind9utils
 
diff --git a/vars/RedHat.yml b/vars/RedHat.yml
index 9c313eac..67348866 100644
--- a/vars/RedHat.yml
+++ b/vars/RedHat.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 ---
 bind_default_python_version: "{{ ( ansible_distribution_major_version == '8' ) | ternary( '3', '2' ) }}"
 bind_packages:
-  - "{{ ( bind_python_version == '3' ) | ternary( 'python3-netaddr', 'python-netaddr' ) }}"
-  - "{{ ( bind_python_version == '3' ) | ternary( 'python3-dns', 'python-dns' ) }}"
+  - "{{ ( bind_python_version | string == '3' ) | ternary( 'python3-netaddr', 'python-netaddr' ) }}"
+  - "{{ ( bind_python_version | string == '3' ) | ternary( 'python3-dns', 'python-dns' ) }}"
   - bind
   - bind-utils