diff --git a/playbooks/clear_varnish.yml b/playbooks/clear_varnish.yml
index 671468e3b6..3f833c46f2 100644
--- a/playbooks/clear_varnish.yml
+++ b/playbooks/clear_varnish.yml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 
   tasks:
   - name: clear varnish
-    command: varnishadm -T 127.0.0.1:6082 url.purge .
+    command: varnishadm -S /etc/varnish/secret -T 127.0.0.1:6082 ban req.url == .