diff --git a/roles/nextcloud/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nextcloud/tasks/main.yml
index 3252efa43..136bfea1a 100644
--- a/roles/nextcloud/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nextcloud/tasks/main.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     url: "{{ nextcloud_dl_url }}/{{ nextcloud_orig_src_file }}"
     dest: "{{ downloads_dir }}/{{ nextcloud_src_file }}"
     force: yes
+    validate_certs: False    # TEMPORARY ON/AFTER 2018-07-22 AS download.nextcloud.com CERT EXPIRED: https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/954
     timeout: "{{ download_timeout }}"
   when: internet_available and nextcloud_force_install
   async: 900