diff --git a/roles/java-deptools/tasks/main.yml b/roles/java-deptools/tasks/main.yml
index 8e5c47887a..517d91c173 100644
--- a/roles/java-deptools/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/java-deptools/tasks/main.yml
@@ -4,18 +4,19 @@
   - repos
 
 - name: Install packages
-  package: name={{ item }} state=present
-  with_items:
-  - httpd
-  - mod_md
-  - mod_ssl
-  - postgresql-server
-  - postgresql
-  - java-deptools
-  - python2-psycopg2  # for ansible
-  - libsemanage-python  # for ansible
-  - dailyjobs  # for cron.daily
-  - screen  # for running initial repogen
+  package:
+    state: present
+    name:
+    - httpd
+    - mod_md
+    - mod_ssl
+    - postgresql-server
+    - postgresql
+    - java-deptools
+    - python2-psycopg2  # for ansible
+    - libsemanage-python  # for ansible
+    - dailyjobs  # for cron.daily
+    - screen  # for running initial repogen
   tags:
   - packages