diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/openqa-stg b/inventory/group_vars/openqa-stg
index f67009fc53..aa6fe2cadf 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/openqa-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/openqa-stg
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ openqa_userid: http://adamwill.id.fedoraproject.org/
 openqa_dbname: openqa-stg
 openqa_dbhost: db-qa01.qa.fedoraproject.org
 openqa_dbuser: openqa
-openqa_dbpassword: {{ stg_openqa_db_password }}
+openqa_dbpassword: "{{ stg_openqa_db_password }}"
 
 openqa_workers: 3