diff --git a/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml
index 2522a78..9c16985 100644
--- a/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
   user:
     name: mysql
     groups: hostkey
-    append: yes
+    append: true
   notify: restart mariadb
 
 - name: create tls configuration