diff --git a/roles/odcs/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/odcs/base/tasks/main.yml
index f1515bfd36..2f08c837fb 100644
--- a/roles/odcs/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/odcs/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 - name: install the packages required for ODCS
   package:
     pkg: "{{ item }}"
-    state: present
+    state: latest
   with_items:
   - python3-psycopg2
   - python3-odcs-common