diff --git a/roles/ansible_host/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ansible_host/tasks/main.yml
index 3a15ba3..9b4167a 100644
--- a/roles/ansible_host/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ansible_host/tasks/main.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     - ansible-collection-ansible-posix
     - ansible-collection-community-general
     - python3-dns       # required for lookup('dig', 'hostname')
-    - python3-netaddr   # required by iptables role
+    - python38-netaddr   # required by iptables role
 
 - name: create private directory and force permissions
   ansible.builtin.file: