diff --git a/tasks/r-installation-deb.yml b/tasks/r-installation-deb.yml
index 6744be1..24e8d3e 100644
--- a/tasks/r-installation-deb.yml
+++ b/tasks/r-installation-deb.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,12 @@
     - name: r-installation-deb | Install some additional R modules from the deb repo
       ansible.builtin.apt:
         pkg: '{{ r_plugins_packages_list }}'
-        state: '{{ r_packages_state }}'
+        state: present
         cache_valid_time: 3600
 
     - name: r-installation-deb | Install some packages required by R packages when installed from source
       ansible.builtin.apt:
         pkg: '{{ r_distribution_required_packages }}'
-        state: '{{ r_packages_state }}'
+        state: present
         cache_valid_time: 3600
       tags: ['r_software', 'r_pkg', 'r_deps']