diff --git a/ansible/roles/monasca/templates/monasca-log-metrics/log-metrics.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/monasca/templates/monasca-log-metrics/log-metrics.conf.j2
index 805164541e..a237d61a7b 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/monasca/templates/monasca-log-metrics/log-metrics.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/monasca/templates/monasca-log-metrics/log-metrics.conf.j2
@@ -71,6 +71,6 @@ output {
         bootstrap_servers => "{{ monasca_kafka_servers }}"
         topic_id => "{{ monasca_metrics_topic }}"
         client_id => "log_metrics_{{ ansible_hostname }}"
-        workers => "{{ monasca_log_pipeline_threads }}"
+        workers => {{ monasca_log_pipeline_threads|int }}
     }
 }