diff --git a/production/ksonnet/loki/memberlist.libsonnet b/production/ksonnet/loki/memberlist.libsonnet
index 5868dae8f7b8b..2672bb9e6bd4c 100644
--- a/production/ksonnet/loki/memberlist.libsonnet
+++ b/production/ksonnet/loki/memberlist.libsonnet
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         join_members: ['gossip-ring.%s.svc.cluster.local:%d' % [$._config.namespace, gossipRingPort]],
 
         max_join_backoff: '1m',
-        max_join_retries: '10',
+        max_join_retries: 10,
         min_join_backoff: '1s',
       },
     },