diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
index 26be4d96bd..61fbe26e9e 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 #
 
 - name: ensure packages required for semanage are installed (yum)
-  package: name={{ item }} state=present
+  yum: name={{ item }} state=present
   with_items:
   - policycoreutils-python
   tags:
   - selinux
-  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int != 8 and ansible_python_interpreter != "/usr/bin/python3"
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 8
 
 - name: ensure packages required for semanage are installed (dnf)
   dnf: name=['policycoreutils-python-utils'] state=present