diff --git a/tasks/php.yml b/tasks/php.yml
index 1d4832925bae1b038f211b01209bbfde068e51af..9a2c6330bd8e366589a6f0c215ac4e3803bd34ec 100644
--- a/tasks/php.yml
+++ b/tasks/php.yml
@@ -187,3 +187,8 @@
   when: php_fpm
   tags:
     - logrotate
+
+- name: Explicitly set PHP version for CLI
+  alternatives:
+    name: php
+    path: /usr/bin/php{{ php_version }}