diff --git a/roles/git/hooks/files/post-receive-fedora-messaging b/roles/git/hooks/files/post-receive-fedora-messaging
index c1606e07de..060b06764e 100644
--- a/roles/git/hooks/files/post-receive-fedora-messaging
+++ b/roles/git/hooks/files/post-receive-fedora-messaging
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ for line in lines:
                 files=files,
                 total=total,
             ),
-            rev=rev,
+            rev=str(rev),
             path=abspath,
             repo=repo_name,
             namespace=namespace,