diff --git a/roles/httpd/reverseproxy/tasks/main.yml b/roles/httpd/reverseproxy/tasks/main.yml
index e7c7ee403f..c4fa7bb0c0 100644
--- a/roles/httpd/reverseproxy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/httpd/reverseproxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   - "{{roles}}/httpd/reverseproxy/templates/reversepassproxy.{{destname}}.conf"
   - "{{roles}}/httpd/reverseproxy/templates/reversepassproxy.conf"
   notify:
-  - restart httpd
+  - reload httpd
   tags:
   - httpd
   - httpd/reverseproxy