diff --git a/roles/telegraf/tasks/main.yml b/roles/telegraf/tasks/main.yml
index 08b7036..2b07c60 100644
--- a/roles/telegraf/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/telegraf/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,25 +1,26 @@
 # It would make sense to install the config file before the package, because the package
 # starts Telegraf post-install, and it would start with the default config file. However,
 # we want the config file to be owned by group 'telegraf', and it doesn't exist until the
 # package is installed. Running briefly with the default config shouldn't be harmful.
 # It won't be able to connect to InfluxDB anyway.
 
 - name: install Telegraf package
   apt:
     name: telegraf
+    state: latest
 
 - name: install Telegraf config
   template:
     src: telegraf.conf
     dest: /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf
     owner: root
     group: telegraf
     mode: 0640
   notify: reload telegraf
   tags: telegraf-config
 
 - name: start Telegraf on boot
   service:
     name: telegraf
     enabled: yes # auto-start on boot
     state: started