diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
index 61fbe26e9e..6df3cd0bb6 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 8
 
 - name: ensure packages required for semanage are installed (dnf)
-  dnf: name=['policycoreutils-python-utils'] state=present
+  dnf: name=policycoreutils-python-utils state=present
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 27 and ansible_cmdline.ostree is not defined
   tags:
   - selinux