diff --git a/roles/services/update_gitea/tasks/main.yml b/roles/services/update_gitea/tasks/main.yml
index 480eba2..9c4172c 100644
--- a/roles/services/update_gitea/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/services/update_gitea/tasks/main.yml
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 - name: Install if latest is greater than installed version
   when: latest_version.stdout is version(installed_version.stdout,'>')
   include: gitea.yml
-    latest_version="{{ latest_version }}"
+    latest_version="{{ latest_version.stdout }}"