diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index afc7de3d..3092c4e6 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -621,9 +621,10 @@ class horizon(
   validate_legacy(Stdlib::Absolutepath, 'validate_absolute_path', $root_path)
 
   if $manage_memcache_package and $cache_backend =~ /MemcachedCache/ {
-    ensure_resources('package', { 'python-memcache' =>
-      { name   => $::horizon::params::memcache_package,
-        tag    => ['openstack', 'horizon-package']}})
+    ensure_packages('python-memcache', {
+      name => $::horizon::params::memcache_package,
+      tag  => ['openstack'],
+    })
   }
 
   package { 'horizon':
diff --git a/spec/classes/horizon_init_spec.rb b/spec/classes/horizon_init_spec.rb
index 43ae18c8..099cee1b 100644
--- a/spec/classes/horizon_init_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/horizon_init_spec.rb
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ describe 'horizon' do
 
       it {
         is_expected.to contain_package('python-memcache').with(
-          :tag    => ['openstack', 'horizon-package'],
+          :tag    => ['openstack'],
           :name   => platforms_params[:memcache_package],
          )
       }