diff --git a/roles/anitya/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/anitya/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 0caf67986e..622eaff49e 100644
--- a/roles/anitya/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/anitya/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -108,5 +108,6 @@
   with_items:
   - { file: 'anitya.cron', location: /etc/cron.d }
   tags:
+  - cron
   - config
   - anitya_backend