diff --git a/roles/geoip/tasks/main.yml b/roles/geoip/tasks/main.yml
index f5da9a60ef..a6a30343c3 100644
--- a/roles/geoip/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/geoip/tasks/main.yml
@@ -12,12 +12,30 @@
   - packages
   when: (ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' and ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 8) 
 
-- name: push over the geoip db once
+- name: make sure the /usr/share/GeoIP/ directory exists
+  file:
+    path: /usr/share/GeoIP/
+    state: directory
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0755
+  tags:
+  - geoip
+
+- name: push over the older geoip db
   copy: src={{ item }} dest=/usr/share/GeoIP/
   with_fileglob:
    - "{{ bigfiles }}/geoip/*.dat"
   tags:
   - geoip
 
-- name: geoip syncing script via cron
-  copy: src=geoip_sync dest=/etc/cron.d/geoip_sync mode=0644
+- name: push over the newer geoip db
+  copy: src={{ item }} dest=/usr/share/GeoIP/
+  with_fileglob:
+   - "{{ bigfiles }}/geoip/*.mmdb"
+  tags:
+  - geoip
+
+# comment out 2022-05-19. Script does not work since 2018.
+#- name: geoip syncing script via cron
+#  copy: src=geoip_sync dest=/etc/cron.d/geoip_sync mode=0644
diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
index 7fae8a9337..8642357025 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,23 @@
   tags:
   - mirrorlist_proxy
 
+- name: make sure the /usr/share/GeoIP/ directory exists
+  file:
+    path: /usr/share/GeoIP/
+    state: directory
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0755
+  tags:
+  - mirrorlist_proxy
+
+- name: push over the newer geoip db
+  copy: src={{ item }} dest=/usr/share/GeoIP/
+  with_fileglob:
+   - "{{ bigfiles }}/geoip/*.mmdb"
+  tags:
+  - mirrorlist_proxy
+
 - name: make sure mirrormanager user can write new protobuf based cache file
   file: dest="{{item}}" owner=mirrormanager group=mirrormanager
   with_items: