diff --git a/lib/cucumber/cli/configuration.rb b/lib/cucumber/cli/configuration.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/cucumber/cli/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/cucumber/cli/configuration.rb
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ module Cucumber
       end
 
       def tag_limits
-        tag_expression.limits
+        tag_expression.limits.to_hash
       end
 
       def tag_expressions
Cast tag limits to Hash because jruby