diff --git a/tasks/basic-auth.yml b/tasks/basic-auth.yml
index e3e26a7..879abd8 100644
--- a/tasks/basic-auth.yml
+++ b/tasks/basic-auth.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       apt: pkg=python-passlib state=present cache_valid_time=3600
       when:
         - ansible_distribution_file_variety == "Debian"
-        - ansible_distribution_version is version_compare('18.04', '<')
+        - ansible_distribution_version is version_compare('18.04', '<=')
 
     - name: Install the python passlib library on deb based distributions
       apt: pkg=python3-passlib state=present cache_valid_time=3600