diff --git a/playbooks/roles/pip3/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/pip3/tasks/main.yaml
index ccc4b09b11..9798bedccd 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/pip3/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/pip3/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
     name:
       - python3-pip
       - python3-virtualenv
+    state: present