diff --git a/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml b/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml
index dba49a1ed9..324f5b8a94 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@
     - python-straight-plugin
     - pyflakes           # Requested by user rholy (ticket #4175)
     #- dia                # Required by javapackages-tools ticket #4279
-    when: ansible_distribution_version != "7.0"
+    when: ansible_distribution_version[0] != "7"
     tags:
     - packages
 
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@
     action: yum state=present pkg={{ item }}
     with_items:
     - python-pygit2     # Required for pagure
-    when: ansible_distribution_version == "7.0"
+    when: ansible_distribution_version[0] == "7"
     tags:
     - packages