diff --git a/roles/bindep/tasks/install.yaml b/roles/bindep/tasks/install.yaml
index 98b60f58a..1f2307251 100644
--- a/roles/bindep/tasks/install.yaml
+++ b/roles/bindep/tasks/install.yaml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 - name: install bindep into temporary venv
   pip:
     name: bindep
-    virtualenv: "{{ bindep_temp_dir }}/venv"
+    virtualenv: "{{ bindep_temp_dir.path }}/venv"
 
 - name: Define bindep_found_command
   set_fact:
-    bindep_found_command: "{{ bindep_temp_dir }}/venv/bin/bindep"
+    bindep_found_command: "{{ bindep_temp_dir.path }}/venv/bin/bindep"