diff --git a/_meta/beat.yml b/_meta/beat.yml
index ac9963fee26..6edbf165dc2 100644
--- a/_meta/beat.yml
+++ b/_meta/beat.yml
@@ -290,11 +290,11 @@ apm-server:
   #     capture_body: true
   #     log_level: info
   #     recording: true
-  #     transaction_sample_rate: 0.1
+  #     transaction_sample_rate: '0.1'
   # - service.name: frontend
   #   agent.name: rum-js
   #   config:
-  #     transaction_sample_rate: 0.1
+  #     transaction_sample_rate: '0.1'
 
   # When using APM agent configuration, information fetched from Kibana will be cached in memory for some time.
   # Specify cache key expiration via this setting. Default is 30 seconds.
diff --git a/apm-server.docker.yml b/apm-server.docker.yml
index 8a2edfb2c59..2d462e0c187 100644
--- a/apm-server.docker.yml
+++ b/apm-server.docker.yml
@@ -290,11 +290,11 @@ apm-server:
   #     capture_body: true
   #     log_level: info
   #     recording: true
-  #     transaction_sample_rate: 0.1
+  #     transaction_sample_rate: '0.1'
   # - service.name: frontend
   #   agent.name: rum-js
   #   config:
-  #     transaction_sample_rate: 0.1
+  #     transaction_sample_rate: '0.1'
 
   # When using APM agent configuration, information fetched from Kibana will be cached in memory for some time.
   # Specify cache key expiration via this setting. Default is 30 seconds.
diff --git a/apm-server.yml b/apm-server.yml
index 3c1285c27c4..eb674ef1231 100644
--- a/apm-server.yml
+++ b/apm-server.yml
@@ -290,11 +290,11 @@ apm-server:
   #     capture_body: true
   #     log_level: info
   #     recording: true
-  #     transaction_sample_rate: 0.1
+  #     transaction_sample_rate: '0.1'
   # - service.name: frontend
   #   agent.name: rum-js
   #   config:
-  #     transaction_sample_rate: 0.1
+  #     transaction_sample_rate: '0.1'
 
   # When using APM agent configuration, information fetched from Kibana will be cached in memory for some time.
   # Specify cache key expiration via this setting. Default is 30 seconds.