diff --git a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/pdc.yml b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/pdc.yml
index 6a4624cee9..cb33e24bb9 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/pdc.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/pdc.yml
@@ -12,13 +12,10 @@
   - name: clean all metadata
     command: yum clean all
     check_mode: no
-  - name: yum update PDC packages
-    yum: name="{{item}}" state=latest
-    with_items:
-    - pdc-client
-    - pdc-updater
-    - libmodulemd
-    - python2-productmd
+  - name: update PDC packages
+    package:
+        name=["pdc-client", "pdc-updater", "libmodulemd", "python2-productmd"]
+        state=latest
 
   roles:
   - pdc/backend