diff --git a/awx_collection/plugins/modules/export.py b/awx_collection/plugins/modules/export.py
index dc4cd8332d..691892316b 100644
--- a/awx_collection/plugins/modules/export.py
+++ b/awx_collection/plugins/modules/export.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def main():
     # We are not going to raise an error here because the __init__ method of ControllerAWXKitModule will do that for us
     if HAS_EXPORTABLE_RESOURCES:
         for resource in EXPORTABLE_RESOURCES:
-            argument_spec[resource] = dict(type='list')
+            argument_spec[resource] = dict(type='list', elements='str')
 
     module = ControllerAWXKitModule(argument_spec=argument_spec)