diff --git a/tasks/validate.yml b/tasks/validate.yml
index 8ddff05..b6d9d01 100644
--- a/tasks/validate.yml
+++ b/tasks/validate.yml
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@
   ansible.builtin.assert:
     that:
       - verbosity is not defined or verbosity in ("debug","trace")
-      - install_timeout_seconds is not defined or install_timeout_seconds is integer
+      - install_timeout_seconds is not defined or install_timeout_seconds | type_debug == 'int'