diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/templates/etc/gitlab/rocky_gitlab.rb b/ansible/playbooks/templates/etc/gitlab/rocky_gitlab.rb
index e72c4b8..6f1463f 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/templates/etc/gitlab/rocky_gitlab.rb
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/templates/etc/gitlab/rocky_gitlab.rb
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ nginx['ssl_client_certificate'] = "{{ gitlab_nginx_ssl_client_certificate }}"
 {% endif %}
 
 # GitLab registry.
-registry['enable'] = {{ gitlab_registry_enable }}
-{% if gitlab_registry_enable == "true" %}
+registry['enable'] = {{ gitlab_registry_enable | string | lower }}
+{% if gitlab_registry_enable %}
 registry_external_url "{{ gitlab_registry_external_url }}"
 registry_nginx['ssl_certificate'] = "{{ gitlab_registry_nginx_ssl_certificate }}"
 registry_nginx['ssl_certificate_key'] = "{{ gitlab_registry_nginx_ssl_certificate_key }}"
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/vars/gitlab.yml b/ansible/playbooks/vars/gitlab.yml
index 18e0722..0daaf0e 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/vars/gitlab.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/vars/gitlab.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ gitlab_external_db_host: db.rockylinux.org
 gitlab_external_db_user: gitlab
 gitlab_external_db_password: "{{ gitlab_db_pass }}"
 
-gitlab_registry_enable: true
+gitlab_registry_enable: "true"
 gitlab_registry_external_url: "https://git.rockylinux.org:5050"
 gitlab_registry_nginx_ssl_certificate: "{{ gitlab_ssl_certificate }}"
 gitlab_registry_nginx_ssl_certificate_key: "{{ gitlab_registry_nginx_ssl_certificate_key }}"