diff --git a/task/verify-signed-rpms/0.1/verify-signed-rpms.yaml b/task/verify-signed-rpms/0.1/verify-signed-rpms.yaml
index 4b976866d2..0d9522401e 100644
--- a/task/verify-signed-rpms/0.1/verify-signed-rpms.yaml
+++ b/task/verify-signed-rpms/0.1/verify-signed-rpms.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ spec:
     - name: FAIL_UNSIGNED
       type: string
       description: "[true | false] If true fail if unsigned RPMs were found"
-      default: ""
+      default: "false"
     - name: WORKDIR
       type: string
       default: /tmp