diff --git a/roles/bootstrap-os/tasks/bootstrap-debian.yml b/roles/bootstrap-os/tasks/bootstrap-debian.yml
index 5562645fc..47bad2047 100644
--- a/roles/bootstrap-os/tasks/bootstrap-debian.yml
+++ b/roles/bootstrap-os/tasks/bootstrap-debian.yml
@@ -56,10 +56,7 @@
   become: true
   when:
     - '''ID=debian'' in os_release.stdout_lines'
-    - (
-        '''VERSION="10'' in os_release.stdout_lines' or
-        '''VERSION="11'' in os_release.stdout_lines'
-      )
+    - '''VERSION_ID="10"'' in os_release.stdout_lines or ''VERSION_ID="11"'' in os_release.stdout_lines'
   register: bootstrap_update_apt_result
   changed_when:
     - '"changed its" in bootstrap_update_apt_result.stdout'