diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/templates/kubeadm-client.conf.v1beta3.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/templates/kubeadm-client.conf.v1beta3.j2
index f9b31dc73..d35409b13 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/templates/kubeadm-client.conf.v1beta3.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/templates/kubeadm-client.conf.v1beta3.j2
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ discovery:
   tlsBootstrapToken: {{ kubeadm_token }}
 caCertPath: {{ kube_cert_dir }}/ca.crt
 nodeRegistration:
-  name: {{ kube_override_hostname }}
+  name: '{{ kube_override_hostname }}'
   criSocket: {{ cri_socket }}
 {% if 'calico_rr' in group_names and 'kube_node' not in group_names %}
   taints: