diff --git a/salt/redis/defaults.yaml b/salt/redis/defaults.yaml
index e93512b22..9b5801ba7 100644
--- a/salt/redis/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/redis/defaults.yaml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ redis:
     hll-sparse-max-bytes: 3000
     stream-node-max-bytes: 4096
     stream-node-max-entries: 100
-    activerehashing: yes
+    activerehashing: 'yes'
     client-output-buffer-limit:
       normal: '0 0 0'
       replica: '256mb 64mb 60'