diff --git a/SOL005/NSLifecycleManagement-API/NSLCMOperationKeywords.robot b/SOL005/NSLifecycleManagement-API/NSLCMOperationKeywords.robot
index ff0ebadc843889cb6a7d637a45e5fecff5398cb8..9c3cea78e244fa4fd0e7f2455426fed51d85aa77 100644
--- a/SOL005/NSLifecycleManagement-API/NSLCMOperationKeywords.robot
+++ b/SOL005/NSLifecycleManagement-API/NSLCMOperationKeywords.robot
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Check resource existance
 Check HTTP Response Status Code Is
     [Arguments]    ${expected_status}
     Log    Validate Status code    
-    Should Be Equal    ${response[0]['status']}    ${expected_status}
+    Should Be Equal as Strings  ${response[0]['status']}    ${expected_status}
     Log    Status code validated 
     
 Check HTTP Response Header Contains