diff --git a/tasks/verify_zone_file.yml b/tasks/verify_zone_file.yml
index 6e26152..6859f39 100644
--- a/tasks/verify_zone_file.yml
+++ b/tasks/verify_zone_file.yml
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@
 - name: "Fail when the last character of DNS zone file is not a newline: {{ bind_config_directory + '/' + zone.file }}"
   ansible.builtin.fail:
     msg: "Last character of DNS zone file is not a newline: {{ bind_config_directory + '/' + zone.file }}"
-  when: _bind9_zone_last_character.stdout | regex_search('.+')
+  when: _bind9_zone_last_character.stdout != ''