diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml
index 7a1332bc0..f1657c0e6 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml
@@ -26,24 +26,24 @@ kubelet_fail_swap_on: true
 kube_memory_reserved: 256Mi
 kube_cpu_reserved: 100m
 # kube_ephemeral_storage_reserved: 2Gi
-# kube_pid_reserved: 1000
+# kube_pid_reserved: "1000"
 # Reservation for master hosts
 kube_master_memory_reserved: 512Mi
 kube_master_cpu_reserved: 200m
 # kube_master_ephemeral_storage_reserved: 2Gi
-# kube_master_pid_reserved: 1000
+# kube_master_pid_reserved: "1000"
 
 # Set to true to reserve resources for system daemons
 system_reserved: false
 system_memory_reserved: 512Mi
 system_cpu_reserved: 500m
 # system_ephemeral_storage_reserved: 2Gi
-# system_pid_reserved: 1000
+# system_pid_reserved: "1000"
 # Reservation for master hosts
 system_master_memory_reserved: 256Mi
 system_master_cpu_reserved: 250m
 # system_master_ephemeral_storage_reserved: 2Gi
-# system_master_pid_reserved: 1000
+# system_master_pid_reserved: "1000"
 
 ## Eviction Thresholds to avoid system OOMs
 # https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/reserve-compute-resources/#eviction-thresholds
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet-config.v1beta1.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet-config.v1beta1.yaml.j2
index 341f3398a..24468d4d6 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet-config.v1beta1.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet-config.v1beta1.yaml.j2
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ kubeReserved:
   ephemeral-storage: {{ kube_master_ephemeral_storage_reserved }}
 {% endif %}
 {% if kube_master_pid_reserved is defined %}
-  pid: {{ kube_master_pid_reserved }}
+  pid: "{{ kube_master_pid_reserved }}"
 {% endif %}
 {% else %}
   cpu: {{ kube_cpu_reserved }}
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ kubeReserved:
   ephemeral-storage: {{ kube_ephemeral_storage_reserved }}
 {% endif %}
 {% if kube_pid_reserved is defined %}
-  pid: {{ kube_pid_reserved }}
+  pid: "{{ kube_pid_reserved }}"
 {% endif %}
 {% endif %}
 {% if system_reserved is defined and system_reserved %}
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ systemReserved:
   ephemeral-storage: {{ system_master_ephemeral_storage_reserved }}
 {% endif %}
 {% if system_master_pid_reserved is defined %}
-  pid: {{ system_master_pid_reserved }}
+  pid: "{{ system_master_pid_reserved }}"
 {% endif %}
 {% else %}
   cpu: {{ system_cpu_reserved }}
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ systemReserved:
   ephemeral-storage: {{ system_ephemeral_storage_reserved }}
 {% endif %}
 {% if system_pid_reserved is defined %}
-  pid: {{ system_pid_reserved }}
+  pid: "{{ system_pid_reserved }}"
 {% endif %}
 {% endif %}
 {% endif %}