diff --git a/hackfest_epasriov_vnf/hackfest_epasriov_vnfd.yaml b/hackfest_epasriov_vnf/hackfest_epasriov_vnfd.yaml
index 82dd5e55646b8025b7eacf96898f91b052649f4f..ff4655802d1bb70d09a5f335a5ba07bad8194d22 100644
--- a/hackfest_epasriov_vnf/hackfest_epasriov_vnfd.yaml
+++ b/hackfest_epasriov_vnf/hackfest_epasriov_vnfd.yaml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ vnfd:vnfd-catalog:
                     type: PARAVIRT
                 internal-connection-point-ref: dataVM-internal
             -   name: xe0
-                position: '2'
+                position: 2
                 type: EXTERNAL
                 virtual-interface:
                     type: SR-IOV