diff --git a/roles/mediawiki/tasks/install.yml b/roles/mediawiki/tasks/install.yml
index 5854f19b5..5c265bc6a 100644
--- a/roles/mediawiki/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/mediawiki/tasks/install.yml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
   when: not mediawiki_enabled and is_debuntu
 
 - name: Restart Apache service ({{ apache_service }}) to enable/disable http://box{{ mediawiki_url }}
-  service:
+  systemd:
     name: "{{ apache_service }}"
     state: restarted