laser_filter LaserScanRangeFilter is only using NaN as replacement value

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I want to use a laser_filter to limit my ranges to certain values. But after defining the thresholds it replaces them only with NaN Values instead of my defined replacement values.
Those are my parameters:

scan_filter_chain:
- name: range
  type: LaserScanRangeFilter
  params:
    use_message_range_limits: false
    lower_threshold: 4.0
    upper_threshold: 5.0
    lower_replacement_value: 4.1
    upper_replacement_value: 4.9

But instead of replacing the values outside of the threshold it sets them to NaN...

Any ideas? I feel like i am making some basic mistake.

Ok i realized the ndk crosscompile uses version: laser_filters-release-release-indigo-laser_filters-1.7.3-0. I will try to update to 1.8.6 and try again. Lets see if this fixes something