diff --git a/awx/main/tasks/jobs.py b/awx/main/tasks/jobs.py
index 39702d513f..a19fbee144 100644
--- a/awx/main/tasks/jobs.py
+++ b/awx/main/tasks/jobs.py
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ class RunProjectUpdate(BaseTask):
         env['TMP'] = settings.AWX_ISOLATION_BASE_PATH
         env['PROJECT_UPDATE_ID'] = str(project_update.pk)
         if settings.GALAXY_IGNORE_CERTS:
-            env['ANSIBLE_GALAXY_IGNORE'] = True
+            env['ANSIBLE_GALAXY_IGNORE'] = str(True)
 
         # build out env vars for Galaxy credentials (in order)
         galaxy_server_list = []
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/test_tasks.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/test_tasks.py
index e0d0a33ce4..c30a158b28 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/unit/test_tasks.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/unit/test_tasks.py
@@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@ class TestProjectUpdateGalaxyCredentials(TestJobExecution):
         task.instance = project_update
         env = task.build_env(project_update, private_data_dir)
         if ignore:
-            assert env['ANSIBLE_GALAXY_IGNORE'] is True
+            assert env['ANSIBLE_GALAXY_IGNORE'] == 'True'
         else:
             assert 'ANSIBLE_GALAXY_IGNORE' not in env