diff --git a/tasks/base.yml b/tasks/base.yml
index f0c02886a4..7ec1f6aa38 100644
--- a/tasks/base.yml
+++ b/tasks/base.yml
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 - name: sshd_config 
   copy: src={{ item }} dest=/etc/ssh/sshd_config mode=600
   first_available_file:
-    - $sshd_config
-    - ${files}/ssh/sshd_config.${ansible_fqdn}
-    - ${files}/ssh/sshd_config.${host_group}
-    - ${files}/ssh/sshd_config.${dist_tag}
-    - ${files}/ssh/sshd_config.${ansible_distribution}
+    - {{ sshd_config }}
+    - {{ files }}/ssh/sshd_config.{{ ansible_fqdn }}
+    - {{ files }}/ssh/sshd_config.{{ host_group }}
+    - {{ files }}/ssh/sshd_config.{{ dist_tag }}
+    - {{ files }}/ssh/sshd_config.{{ ansible_distribution }}
+    - {{ files }}/ssh/sshd_config.{{ ansible_distribution_version }}
   notify:
   - restart sshd
   tags: