diff --git a/mysql/tasks/main.yml b/mysql/tasks/main.yml
index c2707d369891d65f02dab19adadaa53ea154256d..933024a97deaad8f5e29e00b92d353d5f0f2a2b7 100644
--- a/mysql/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/mysql/tasks/main.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 # file: roles/mysql/tasks/main.yml
 
 - name: ensure mysql packages are installed for jessie
-  apt: name={{ item }} state=latest
-  with_items:
-    - mysql-server
-    - python-mysqldb
+  apt:
+    name:
+      - mysql-server
+      - python-mysqldb
+    state: present
   when:
     - debian_version == "jessie"
   tags:
@@ -13,10 +14,11 @@
     - mysql
 
 - name: ensure mysql packages are installed for stretch
-  apt: name={{ item }} state=latest
-  with_items:
-    - mariadb-server
-    - python-mysqldb
+  apt:
+    name:
+      - mariadb-server
+      - python-mysqldb
+    state: present
   when:
     - debian_version == "stretch"
   tags:
diff --git a/postgres/tasks/main.yml b/postgres/tasks/main.yml
index d46b069988238c6e89df8457e2efd17a5ee2673f..c3df75179e5000dbb89532e39d16594205d06f4f 100644
--- a/postgres/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/postgres/tasks/main.yml
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@
 
 - name: ensure postgres packages are installed
   apt:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
+    name:
+      - postgresql
+      - python-psycopg2
+      - python3-psycopg2
+      - libpq-dev
     state: present
-  with_items:
-    - postgresql
-    - python-psycopg2
-    - python3-psycopg2
-    - libpq-dev
   tags:
     - postgres