diff --git a/roles/database_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/database_server/tasks/main.yml
index b1af29cbd9b37bddc86fdeb204c7758075aa02c0..5f5938984c1463dd470f9c6149fade9fc5f61d1a 100644
--- a/roles/database_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/database_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   when: mariadb_utf8_configuration.changed
 
 - name: Explicitly run all handlers
-  include: ../handlers/main.yml
+  include_tasks: ../handlers/main.yml
   when: "run_handlers | default(False) | bool()"
   tags:
     - handlers