diff --git a/roles/elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml b/roles/elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml
index 430fe704..ec0ddaa6 100644
--- a/roles/elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 # the following should be done by the rpm but failed with 7.4
 - name: Set ulimits for Elasticsearch
-  community.general.system.pam_limits:
+  community.general.pam_limits:
     limit_item: nofile
     domain: elasticsearch
     value: 65535