diff --git a/examples/app_multi_node/train_lite.py b/examples/app_multi_node/train_lite.py
index ed9777a1064f6..feb8ac2226b77 100644
--- a/examples/app_multi_node/train_lite.py
+++ b/examples/app_multi_node/train_lite.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class LitePyTorchDistributed(L.LightningWork):
     @staticmethod
     def run():
         # 1. Create LightningLite.
-        lite = LightningLite(strategy="ddp", precision="bf16")
+        lite = LightningLite(strategy="ddp", precision=16)
 
         # 2. Prepare distributed model and optimizer.
         model = torch.nn.Linear(32, 2)