diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml
index 2e5d96f4b8..e3a9a60702 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@
 - shell: yum-deprecated update -y python-requests || yum install -y python-requests
 
 - name: make sure newest rpm
-  # todo: replace with dnf after ansible 1.9 is available
-  yum: name={{ item }} state=latest
+  dnf: name={{ item }} state=latest
   with_items:
     - rpm
     - glib2