diff --git a/execution/uc-application/base/aggregation-deployment.yaml b/execution/uc-application/base/aggregation-deployment.yaml
index 55de21064c2aa47898554af35d33f025c3c83cec..19a63fc4265ff1ff3eb814faec53b365fdb94304 100644
--- a/execution/uc-application/base/aggregation-deployment.yaml
+++ b/execution/uc-application/base/aggregation-deployment.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ spec:
         - name: KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS
           value: "my-confluent-cp-kafka:9092"
         - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS
-          value: 100
+          value: "100"
         - name: JAVA_OPTS
           value: "-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=5555"
         resources: