diff --git a/playbooks/package-update.yml b/playbooks/package-update.yml
index 74efd2e40d..6cc5787ec0 100644
--- a/playbooks/package-update.yml
+++ b/playbooks/package-update.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
   user: root
 
   tasks:
-  - name: yum update
+  - name: expire-caches
+    action: command yum clean expire-cache
+    
+  - name: yum -y ${yumcommand}
     action: command yum -y ${yumcommand}
 
   - name: check for rkhunter