diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-podman/tasks/tripleo_podman_install.yml b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-podman/tasks/tripleo_podman_install.yml
index 27e4fe085..700d011cc 100644
--- a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-podman/tasks/tripleo_podman_install.yml
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-podman/tasks/tripleo_podman_install.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     - name: ensure podman and deps are installed
       package:
         name: "{{ tripleo_podman_packages }}"
-        state: latest
+        state: present
 
     - name: Ensure we get the ansible interfaces facts
       when: