diff --git a/roles/ldap_client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ldap_client/tasks/main.yml
index a9b38fc08932ca7fd3275ae693fcdd57f9ef0fae..54e3087f404dea06bc6239c6d1d9d8ca54fd641d 100644
--- a/roles/ldap_client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ldap_client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 - name: Install OpenLDAP client tools
   apt:
     name: ldap-utils
-    state: installed
+    state: present
 
 - name: Deploy LDAP client configuration file
   template: