diff --git a/salt/redis/defaults.yaml b/salt/redis/defaults.yaml
index 252082901..a0ff4e685 100644
--- a/salt/redis/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/redis/defaults.yaml
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ redis:
     databases: 16
     always-show-logo: 'yes'
     save:
-      900: 1
-      300: 10
-      60: 1000
+      '900': 1
+      '300': 10
+      '60': 1000
     stop-writes-on-bgsave-error: 'yes'
     rdbcompression: 'yes'
     rdbchecksum: 'yes'