diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev
index 525ef09671..78ce80e3f4 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ vault_endpoint: vault
 vault_server: http://resultsdb-dev01.qa.fedoraproject.org/vault
 vault_api_server: http://resultsdb-dev01.qa.fedoraproject.org/vault/api/v1
 vault_api_username: taskotron
-vault_api_password: {{ dev_vault_secret_key }}
+vault_api_password: "{{ dev_vault_secret_key }}"
 
 resultsdb_api_endpoint: resultsdb_api
 resultsdb_host: http://resultsdb-dev01.qa.fedoraproject.org/resultsdb_api/
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev-client-hosts b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev-client-hosts
index dd622508ba..546e69fc1a 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev-client-hosts
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev-client-hosts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ vault_endpoint: vault
 vault_server: http://resultsdb-dev01.qa.fedoraproject.org/vault
 vault_api_server: http://resultsdb-dev01.qa.fedoraproject.org/vault/api/v1
 vault_api_username: taskotron
-vault_api_password: {{ dev_vault_secret_key }}
+vault_api_password: "{{ dev_vault_secret_key }}"
 
 client_report_to_bodhi: 'False'