diff --git a/internal/kubernetes/unstructured.go b/internal/kubernetes/unstructured.go
index ee4d591..66af6e0 100644
--- a/internal/kubernetes/unstructured.go
+++ b/internal/kubernetes/unstructured.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package kubernetes
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"strconv"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
@@ -51,26 +50,21 @@ func ToUnstructured(manifest map[string]interface{}) (unstructured.Unstructured,
 
 	// Attempt to get annotations as map[string]string
 	// If no errors then nothing else needs to be done
-	if _, _, err := unstructured.NestedStringMap(m, "metadata", "annotations"); err == nil {
+	if _, _, err := unstructured.NestedStringMap(u.Object, "metadata", "annotations"); err == nil {
 		return u, nil
 	}
 
-	annotationsMap, exists, err := unstructured.NestedMap(m, "metadata", "annotations")
+	// Attempt to get annotations as map[string]interface{}
+	annotationsMap, exists, err := unstructured.NestedMap(u.Object, "metadata", "annotations")
 	if err != nil || !exists {
 		return u, err
 	}
 
-	// If annotations exist in manifest and are map[string]interface, attempt to convert to map[string]string
-	annotations := make(map[string]string, len(m))
+	// If annotations exist in manifest and are map[string]interface, convert to map[string]string
+	annotations := make(map[string]string, len(u.Object))
 
 	for k, v := range annotationsMap {
-		if str, ok := v.(string); ok {
-			annotations[k] = str
-		} else if int, ok := v.(int); ok {
-			annotations[k] = strconv.Itoa(int)
-		} else {
-			return u, fmt.Errorf("%v accessor error: contains non-string key in the map: %v is of the type %T, expected string", ".metadata.annotations", v, v)
-		}
+		annotations[k] = fmt.Sprintf("%v", v)
 	}
 
 	u.SetAnnotations(annotations)