diff --git a/roles/database_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/database_server/tasks/main.yml
index 02c969ef080e153287009942283dbb0d1dde5a3d..2cc551597f234eb71df8f4a77956ead59982db33 100644
--- a/roles/database_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/database_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 - name: Install MariaDB
   apt:
     name: "{{ item }}"
-    state: installed
+    state: present
   with_items:
     - mariadb-client
     - mariadb-server
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 - name: Set password for the root database user
   mysql_user:
-    check_implicit_admin: yes
+    check_implicit_admin: true
     name: root
     password: "{{ db_root_password }}"