diff --git a/tasks/php.yml b/tasks/php.yml
index e0559b75347306f025cfdc511603a44081b9b48d..fc851af203ff38c491e5772dcf4bb9bc54b89435 100644
--- a/tasks/php.yml
+++ b/tasks/php.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 - name: "PHP | Install required packages."
   apt:
     pkg={{ item }}
-    state=installed
+    state=present
     force=yes
   with_items: '{{ php_packages }}'
   notify:
diff --git a/tasks/php53.yml b/tasks/php53.yml
index 17fd7200ecc5e8bc2afb1a7dad6d6b6d0abc94c1..eafa54edd460276b95440065739ef52f46ca8707 100644
--- a/tasks/php53.yml
+++ b/tasks/php53.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   - name: "Install Packages"
     apt:
       pkg={{ item }}
-      state=installed
+      state=present
     with_items:
       - 'autoconf2.13'
       - 'automake1.4'