diff --git a/infrastructure/system-upgrades/fedora-system-upgrade.yaml b/infrastructure/system-upgrades/fedora-system-upgrade.yaml
index 8d1ac5fcaf518da3f38fc2c97782b09916e7066e..28a85d542adfc8defc54e56f020569288c185198 100644
--- a/infrastructure/system-upgrades/fedora-system-upgrade.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/system-upgrades/fedora-system-upgrade.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ spec:
     deleteLocalData: true
     ignoreDaemonSets: true
     force: false
-  version: 36
+  version: "36"
   upgrade:
     image: registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:35
     command: ["chroot", "/host"]