diff --git a/roles/dokuwiki/defaults/main.yml b/roles/dokuwiki/defaults/main.yml
index a8bc0b97c..67494385f 100644
--- a/roles/dokuwiki/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/dokuwiki/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 dokuwiki_url: /wiki
 dokuwiki_install: True
 dokuwiki_enabled: False
-dokuwiki_version: "dokuwiki-2017-02-19e"
+dokuwiki_version: "dokuwiki-2018-04-22"
diff --git a/roles/dokuwiki/tasks/install.yml b/roles/dokuwiki/tasks/install.yml
index b3bd11d2a..6bfadbc56 100644
--- a/roles/dokuwiki/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/dokuwiki/tasks/install.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,15 @@
     dest: /library
     creates: "/library/{{ dokuwiki_version }}/VERSION"
 
-- name: Symlink /library/dokuwiki* to /library/dokuwiki
-  shell: if [ ! -d /library/dokuwiki ]; then ln -sf /library/{{ dokuwiki_version }} /library/dokuwiki; fi
+- name: Symlink /library/{{ dokuwiki_version }} from /library/dokuwiki
+  #shell: if [ ! -d /library/dokuwiki ]; then ln -sf /library/{{ dokuwiki_version }} /library/dokuwiki; fi
+  #shell: ln -sf /library/{{ dokuwiki_version }} /library/dokuwiki
+  #BOTH LINES ABOVE FAIL TO UPDATE LINK; Ansible approach below works
+  file:
+    path: /library/dokuwiki
+    src: /library/{{ dokuwiki_version }}
+    state: link
+    force: yes
 
 - name: Install config file for DokuWiki in Apache
   template: