diff --git a/roles/taskotron/execdb/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/execdb/tasks/main.yml
index 15b4c9c79b..a88a75881b 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/execdb/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/execdb/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   service: name=httpd state=started
 
 - name: ensure packages required for execdb are installed (dnf)
-  dnf: name={{ item }} state=latest enablerepo=updates-testing
+  dnf: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo=updates-testing
   with_items:
     - execdb
     - python3-mod_wsgi