diff --git a/roles/xmpp_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/xmpp_server/tasks/main.yml
index 220d679cb94ce2f14e691b433ae7baa8ec7ad7e6..4cf1dfa4220031cfd20931da4d7c89b5ee1f152b 100644
--- a/roles/xmpp_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/xmpp_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -14,16 +14,10 @@
     repo: "deb http://packages.prosody.im/debian {{ ansible_distribution_release }} main"
     state: present
 
-# Stick to the 'latest' state to ensure we get pinned package
-# installed in case of distribution upgrades.
 - name: Install Lua LDAP library
   apt:
     name: lua-ldap
-    state: latest  # noqa 403
-    # [403] Package installs should not use latest
-    #   The latest has to be used when upgrading existing systems to get
-    #   the correct version of lua-ldap with support for Lua 5.2 from
-    #   the backports repository.
+    state: present
   notify:
     - Restart Prosody