diff --git a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/koji.yml b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/koji.yml
index 69fc58bf8a..f9e3fd3ec1 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/koji.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/koji.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@
 
   tasks:
   - name: Install the koji package, to get the upgrade script.
-    yum: name=koji state=present
+    # Note that "latest" here might as well be "present".  The package shouldn't
+    # be present in the first place.  In any case, if it is erroneously present,
+    # then we really do want the latest version.
+    yum: name=koji state=latest
     when: db_upgrade_file is defined
   - name: Execute the db upgrade script
     shell: psql koji  < {{db_upgrade_file}}