diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_info/tasks/wait.yml b/tests/integration/targets/k8s_info/tasks/wait.yml
index e0657b3f..03fc7269 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_info/tasks/wait.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/k8s_info/tasks/wait.yml
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
     - name: Check that module waited
       assert:
         that:
-          - ( lookup('pipe', 'date +%s') - start ) > 30
+          - ( lookup('pipe', 'date +%s')|int - start|int ) > 30
 
     - name: Create simple pod
       k8s: