--- - name: RedHat - install yum-version-lock become: yes yum: name=yum-plugin-versionlock state=present update_cache=yes - name: RedHat - lock elasticsearch version become: yes shell: yum versionlock delete 0:elasticsearch* ; yum versionlock add {{ es_package_name }}{% if es_version is defined and es_version != "" %}-{{ es_version }}{% endif %}