diff --git a/roles/zabbix/zabbix_server/tasks/start_services.yml b/roles/zabbix/zabbix_server/tasks/start_services.yml
index a5ff78667f..f6556c2786 100644
--- a/roles/zabbix/zabbix_server/tasks/start_services.yml
+++ b/roles/zabbix/zabbix_server/tasks/start_services.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 - name: Ensuring Zabbix agent is started
   ansible.builtin.service:
     name: zabbix-agent
-    state: reloaded
+    state: restarted
     enabled: True
   tags:
     zabbix-services