diff --git a/tasks/configure_persistent_journald_logging.yml b/tasks/configure_persistent_journald_logging.yml
index 383367cc2892ac2ce425ff22439b53da6f8df61e..31bf7012560e9bab93355c2b58e33be66656a5a6 100644
--- a/tasks/configure_persistent_journald_logging.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure_persistent_journald_logging.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     owner: "root"
     group: "root"
     mode: "0644"
-    create: "yes"
+    create: "true"
     state: present
     block: |
       # If "persistent", data will be stored preferably on disk, i.e. below the /var/log/journal hierarchy (which is created if needed), with a fallback to /run/log/journal (which is created if needed), during early boot and if the disk is not writable.