diff --git a/roles/mariadb_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mariadb_server/tasks/main.yml
index 5022971a19..3b2be271ec 100644
--- a/roles/mariadb_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mariadb_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 - name: ensure packages required for mariadb are installed
-  yum: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  yum: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   with_items:
     - mariadb-server
     - MySQL-python
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 22
 
 - name: ensure packages required for mariadb are installed
-  dnf: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  dnf: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   with_items:
     - mariadb-server
     - MySQL-python
diff --git a/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml b/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
index 05b4f9d579..1e088b57ad 100644
--- a/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 - name: ensure packages required for phabricator are installed (yum)
-  yum: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  yum: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   with_items:
     - MySQL-python
     - git
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 22
 
 - name: ensure packages required for phabricator are installed (dnf)
-  dnf: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  dnf: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   with_items:
     - MySQL-python
     - git
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/buildmaster/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/buildmaster/tasks/main.yml
index 0ee8d733e4..9d6c8c7184 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/buildmaster/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/buildmaster/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: ensure packages required for buildmaster are installed (yum)
-  yum: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  yum: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   with_items:
     - buildbot
     - buildbot-master
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 22
 
 - name: ensure packages required for buildmaster are installed (dnf)
-  dnf: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  dnf: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   with_items:
     - buildbot
     - buildbot-master
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 21 and ansible_cmdline.ostree is not defined
 
 - name: ensure additional packages required for CI buildmaster are installed
-  yum: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  yum: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 22 and (deployment_type == 'qadevel-prod' or deployment_type == 'qa-stg')
   with_items:
     - python-novaclient
 
 - name: ensure additional packages required for CI buildmaster are installed
-  dnf: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  dnf: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 21 and (deployment_type == 'qadevel-prod' or deployment_type == 'qa-stg')
   with_items:
     - python-novaclient
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/buildslave/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/buildslave/tasks/main.yml
index fd597b5493..373d740efb 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/buildslave/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/buildslave/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: ensure packages required for buildslave are installed (yum)
-  yum: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  yum: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   with_items:
     - buildbot-slave
     - git
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 22
 
 - name: ensure packages required for buildslave are installed (dnf)
-  dnf: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  dnf: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   with_items:
     - buildbot-slave
     - git
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/execdb/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/execdb/tasks/main.yml
index f4560651ef..da153df4d5 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/execdb/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/execdb/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: ensure packages required for execdb are installed (yum)
-  yum: name={{ item }} state=latest
+  yum: name={{ item }} state=present
   when: deployment_type == 'prod' or deployment_type == 'local'
   with_items:
     - execdb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     - libsemanage-python
 
 - name: ensure packages required for execdb are installed (dnf)
-  dnf: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  dnf: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   with_items:
     - execdb
     - mod_wsgi
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/grokmirror/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/grokmirror/tasks/main.yml
index 7d9bfe00eb..07c92a1667 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/grokmirror/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/grokmirror/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 ---
 - name: ensure grokmirror packages are installed (yum)
-  yum: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  yum: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   with_items:
       - git
       - python-grokmirror
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 22
 
 - name: ensure grokmirror packages are installed (dnf)
-  dnf: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  dnf: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   with_items:
       - git
       - python-grokmirror
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/tasks/main.yml
index 06faece0e2..e3e389e541 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: ensure packages required for resultsdb are installed (yum)
-  yum: name={{ item }} state=latest
+  yum: name={{ item }} state=present
   when: deployment_type == 'prod' or deployment_type == 'local'
   with_items:
     - resultsdb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     - libsemanage-python
 
 - name: ensure packages required for resultsdb are installed (dnf)
-  dnf: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  dnf: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 21 and ansible_cmdline.ostree is not defined
   with_items:
     - resultsdb
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-frontend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-frontend/tasks/main.yml
index 8294672c2e..4d54ea2928 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-frontend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-frontend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 ---
 - name: ensure packages required for resultsdb_frontend are installed (yum)
-  yum: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  yum: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   when: deployment_type == 'prod' or deployment_type == 'local'
   with_items:
     - resultsdb_frontend
     - mod_wsgi
 
 - name: ensure packages required for resultsdb_frontend are installed (dnf)
-  dnf: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  dnf: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   with_items:
     - resultsdb_frontend
     - mod_wsgi
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/ssl-taskotron/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/ssl-taskotron/tasks/main.yml
index 86335a3efc..612484b2bf 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/ssl-taskotron/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/ssl-taskotron/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 ---
 - name: ensure ssl related packages are installed (yum)
-  yum: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  yum: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   with_items:
       - mod_ssl
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 22
 
 - name: ensure ssl related packages are installed (dnf)
-  dnf: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  dnf: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   with_items:
       - mod_ssl
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 21 and ansible_cmdline.ostree is not defined
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/tasks/main.yml
index 63880ca2a6..b5c0999188 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: ensure packages required for libtaskotron are installed (yum)
-  yum: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  yum: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   with_items:
     - PyYAML
     - libtaskotron
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   when: deployment_type == 'prod' or deployment_type == 'local'
 
 - name: ensure packages required for libtaskotron are installed (dnf)
-  dnf: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  dnf: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   when: deployment_type == 'dev' or deployment_type == 'stg'
   with_items:
     - PyYAML
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     - resultsdb_api
 
 - name: ensure packages required for taskotron tasks are installed (yum)
-  yum: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  yum: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   with_items:
     - python-solv
     - python-librepo
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 22
 
 - name: ensure packages required for taskotron tasks are installed (dnf)
-  dnf: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  dnf: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   with_items:
     - python-solv
     - python-librepo
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-frontend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-frontend/tasks/main.yml
index a5652d6360..07d4523491 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-frontend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-frontend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 ---
 - name: ensure packages required for taskotron-frontend are installed (yum)
-  yum: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  yum: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   with_items:
     - httpd
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 22
 
 - name: ensure packages required for taskotron-frontend are installed (dnf)
-  dnf: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  dnf: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   with_items:
     - httpd
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 21 and ansible_cmdline.ostree is not defined
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-proxy/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-proxy/tasks/main.yml
index 477374fa54..e602a3b818 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-proxy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-proxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 # closer to stg/prod
 ---
 - name: ensure packages required for proxying are installed (yum)
-  yum: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  yum: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   with_items:
     - libsemanage-python
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 22
 
 - name: ensure packages required for proxying are installed (dnf)
-  dnf: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  dnf: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   with_items:
     - libsemanage-python
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 21 and ansible_cmdline.ostree is not defined
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/tasks/main.yml
index 81c65ff402..75fcf280b7 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: ensure packages required for taskotron-trigger are installed (yum)
-  yum: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  yum: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   with_items:
     - fedmsg
     - fedmsg-hub
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   when: deployment_type == 'prod' or deployment_type == 'local'
 
 - name: ensure packages required for taskotron-trigger are installed (dnf)
-  dnf: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
+  dnf: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
   with_items:
     - fedmsg
     - fedmsg-hub