diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 8a0c7d93395c590522fe56a16c1a0d47da16ff71..5839b9cbbfed70c22e677f2e76aead8d3870a1c4 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 - name: Define the Gitlab package name.
   set_fact:
     gitlab_package_name: "{{ gitlab_edition }}{{ gitlab_package_version_separator }}{{ gitlab_version }}"
-  when: gitlab_version != ''
+  when: gitlab_version|length > 0
 
 - name: Install GitLab
   package: