diff --git a/tasks/main.yaml b/tasks/main.yaml
index 8de26e9f64e171ed5567c17026aaeaa05abf3043..845f7d5fbbd5afe63d0bddfb22bf9b5ece3b5503 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 - name: Install the NTP package
   package:
     name: ntp
-    state: latest
+    state: present
   register: installed
   become: true