diff --git a/tasks/xpack/elasticsearch-xpack.yml b/tasks/xpack/elasticsearch-xpack.yml
index f5182c2..a612544 100644
--- a/tasks/xpack/elasticsearch-xpack.yml
+++ b/tasks/xpack/elasticsearch-xpack.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   become: yes
   file: 
     state: file
-    path: {{ es_conf_dir }}/elasticsearch.keystore
+    path: "{{ es_conf_dir }}/elasticsearch.keystore"
     owner: root
     group: {{ es_group }}
     mode: "0660"