diff --git a/ansible/deploy.yaml b/ansible/deploy.yaml
index 7813f2dd8e104054000a2fd63de80c227249784c..104704a3419b3d0c7a70274a4004cb167745e17a 100644
--- a/ansible/deploy.yaml
+++ b/ansible/deploy.yaml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
         settings: "ippisite.{{ ansible_hostname }}_settings"
     # FIXME: this should obviously be removed before switching to prod. env.
     - name: install passlib for htpasswd in ansible
-      pip: name=passlib executable=pip3
+      yum: name=python-passlib state=installed
     - htpasswd:
         path: /etc/ippidb-80/passwdfile
         name: ippidb