diff --git a/hacking/build_library/build_ansible/command_plugins/collection_meta.py b/hacking/build_library/build_ansible/command_plugins/collection_meta.py
index 7b7112e8f9a..be58bd4742a 100644
--- a/hacking/build_library/build_ansible/command_plugins/collection_meta.py
+++ b/hacking/build_library/build_ansible/command_plugins/collection_meta.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class DocumentCollectionMeta(Command):
                             default=DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_FILE,
                             help="Jinja2 template to use for the config")
         parser.add_argument("-T", "--template-dir", action="store", dest="template_dir",
-                            default=DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_DIR,
+                            default=str(DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_DIR),
                             help="directory containing Jinja2 templates")
         parser.add_argument("-o", "--output-dir", action="store", dest="output_dir", default='/tmp/',
                             help="Output directory for rst files")
diff --git a/hacking/build_library/build_ansible/command_plugins/dump_config.py b/hacking/build_library/build_ansible/command_plugins/dump_config.py
index d1822d20e8d..7811f4658cb 100644
--- a/hacking/build_library/build_ansible/command_plugins/dump_config.py
+++ b/hacking/build_library/build_ansible/command_plugins/dump_config.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class DocumentConfig(Command):
                             default=DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_FILE,
                             help="Jinja2 template to use for the config")
         parser.add_argument("-T", "--template-dir", action="store", dest="template_dir",
-                            default=DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_DIR,
+                            default=str(DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_DIR),
                             help="directory containing Jinja2 templates")
         parser.add_argument("-o", "--output-dir", action="store", dest="output_dir", default='/tmp/',
                             help="Output directory for rst files")