diff --git a/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
index 021f33e8cd..d90090e0c2 100644
--- a/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 
 ## Copy over the template command scripts
 - name: Copy /etc/nagios/commands (templates)
-  templates: src=nagios/commands/{{ item }} dest=/etc/nagios/commands/{{ item }}
+  template: src=nagios/commands/{{ item }} dest=/etc/nagios/commands/{{ item }}
   with_items:
     - ping.cfg
   tags: