diff --git a/roles/basessh/tasks/main.yml b/roles/basessh/tasks/main.yml
index 9319963f89..bb2ecda94d 100644
--- a/roles/basessh/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/basessh/tasks/main.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 30 and ansible_distribution_major_version|int != 8
 
 - name: make sure python3-libselinux is installed
-  dnf: name=python3-libselinux state=present
+  package: name=python3-libselinux state=present
   tags:
   - basessh
   - sshd_config