diff --git a/plugin/builtin/annotationstransformer/AnnotationsTransformer_test.go b/plugin/builtin/annotationstransformer/AnnotationsTransformer_test.go
index 8c35f74a7..da11974bc 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/annotationstransformer/AnnotationsTransformer_test.go
+++ b/plugin/builtin/annotationstransformer/AnnotationsTransformer_test.go
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ import (
 	kusttest_test "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/testutils/kusttest"
 )
 
-var (
-	config = `
+func TestAnnotationsTransformer(t *testing.T) {
+	th := kusttest_test.MakeEnhancedHarness(t).
+		PrepBuiltin("AnnotationsTransformer")
+	defer th.Reset()
+
+	th.RunTransformerAndCheckResult(`
 apiVersion: builtin
 kind: AnnotationsTransformer
 metadata:
@@ -18,11 +22,14 @@ metadata:
 annotations:
   app: myApp
   greeting/morning: a string with blanks
+  booleanNaked: true
+  booleanQuoted: "true"
+  numberNaked: 42
+  numberQuoted: "42"
 fieldSpecs:
   - path: metadata/annotations
     create: true
-`
-	input = `
+`, `
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
@@ -30,25 +37,20 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   ports:
   - port: 7002
-`
-	expectedOutput = `
+`, `
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
   annotations:
     app: myApp
+    booleanNaked: "true"
+    booleanQuoted: "true"
     greeting/morning: a string with blanks
+    numberNaked: "42"
+    numberQuoted: "42"
   name: myService
 spec:
   ports:
   - port: 7002
-`
-)
-
-func TestAnnotationsTransformer(t *testing.T) {
-	th := kusttest_test.MakeEnhancedHarness(t).
-		PrepBuiltin("AnnotationsTransformer")
-	defer th.Reset()
-
-	th.RunTransformerAndCheckResult(config, input, expectedOutput)
+`)
 }