diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/firewall_Debian.yml b/roles/common/tasks/firewall_Debian.yml
index a8b64e4..aaf4b67 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/firewall_Debian.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/firewall_Debian.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: Install firewalld and deps
-  when: ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('8', '>=')
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version is version_compare('8', '>=')
   apt: pkg={{ item }} state=present
   with_items:
     - firewalld
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
   tags: packages
 
 - name: Copy firewalld public zone file
-  when: ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('8', '>=')
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version is version_compare('8', '>=')
   template: src=public.xml.j2 dest=/etc/firewalld/zones/public.xml owner=root mode=0600
 
 - name: Format public.xml firewalld zone file
-  when: ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('8', '>=')
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version is version_compare('8', '>=')
   command: tidy -xml -iq -m -w 0 /etc/firewalld/zones/public.xml
   notify:
     - reload firewalld
diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/firewall_Ubuntu.yml b/roles/common/tasks/firewall_Ubuntu.yml
index 277ee3e..c295f2a 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/firewall_Ubuntu.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/firewall_Ubuntu.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: Install firewalld and deps
-  when: ansible_distribution_version | version_compare('15.04', '>=')
+  when: ansible_distribution_version is version_compare('15.04', '>=')
   apt: pkg={{ item }} state=present
   with_items:
     - firewalld
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
   tags: packages
 
 - name: Copy firewalld public zone file
-  when: ansible_distribution_version | version_compare('15.04', '>=')
+  when: ansible_distribution_version is version_compare('15.04', '>=')
   template: src=public.xml.j2 dest=/etc/firewalld/zones/public.xml owner=root mode=0600
 
 - name: Format public.xml firewalld zone file
-  when: ansible_distribution_version | version_compare('15.04', '>=')
+  when: ansible_distribution_version is version_compare('15.04', '>=')
   command: tidy -xml -iq -m -w 0 /etc/firewalld/zones/public.xml
   notify:
     - reload firewalld
diff --git a/roles/nginx/tasks/letsencrypt.yml b/roles/nginx/tasks/letsencrypt.yml
index 8f448e9..18efad9 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/tasks/letsencrypt.yml
+++ b/roles/nginx/tasks/letsencrypt.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # dependencies certbot checks for on its first run
 # taken from running certbot right after a clean Ubuntu 16.04 install
 - name: Install certbot dependencies (Ubuntu 16.04)
-  when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_distribution_version | version_compare('16.04', '==')
+  when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_distribution_version is version_compare('16.04', '==')
   apt: name={{ item }} state=present update_cache=yes
   with_items:
     - augeas-doc
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 # dependencies certbot checks for on its first run
 # taken from running certbot right after a clean Debian 9 install
 - name: Install certbot dependencies (Debian 9)
-  when: ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('9', '==')
+  when: ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_major_version is version_compare('9', '==')
   apt: name={{ item }} state=present update_cache=yes
   with_items:
     - augeas-doc
diff --git a/roles/nginx/templates/vhost.conf.j2 b/roles/nginx/templates/vhost.conf.j2
index c12d742..73748bc 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/templates/vhost.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/nginx/templates/vhost.conf.j2
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ server {
         fastcgi_param HTTP_PROXY "";
 
         {# As of Ubuntu 16.04 and Debian 9, the PHP-FPM configs are the same #}
-        {% if (ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_distribution_version | version_compare('16.04', '==')) or (ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('9', '==')) %}
+        {% if (ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_distribution_version is version_compare('16.04', '==')) or (ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('9', '==')) %}
         fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm-{{ domain_name }}.sock;
         {% else %}
         fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm-{{ domain_name }}.sock;
diff --git a/roles/php-fpm/tasks/main.yml b/roles/php-fpm/tasks/main.yml
index b9abec4..77c5994 100644
--- a/roles/php-fpm/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/php-fpm/tasks/main.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 - name: Configure php-fpm on Ubuntu and Debian 9
   import_tasks: Ubuntu.yml
-  when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' or (ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('9', '=='))
+  when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' or (ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_major_version is version_compare('9', '=='))
   tags: php-fpm
 
 # vim: set ts=2 sw=2: