diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 39cfd4b..2266a74 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-* INTERNAL
-  * maintenance and refactoring release, no changes
+* BUGFIX
+  * encode module arguments to fix comparison
diff --git a/ansiblelater/rules/yamlfiles.py b/ansiblelater/rules/yamlfiles.py
index e001599..b968d47 100644
--- a/ansiblelater/rules/yamlfiles.py
+++ b/ansiblelater/rules/yamlfiles.py
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ def check_native_yaml(candidate, settings):
                 break
 
             action = normal_form["action"]["__ansible_module__"]
-            arguments = normal_form["action"]["__ansible_arguments__"]
+            arguments = [
+                bytes(x, "utf-8").decode("unicode_escape")
+                for x in normal_form["action"]["__ansible_arguments__"]
+            ]
             # Cope with `set_fact` where task["set_fact"] is None
             if not task.get(action):
                 continue