diff --git a/tasks/configure.yml b/tasks/configure.yml
index ebeeff5..04257f9 100644
--- a/tasks/configure.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: 0600
-  with_items:
+  loop:
     - 'csf.allow'
     - 'csf.ignore'
     - 'csf.pignore'
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     line: '{{ item }}|\1'
     state: present
     backrefs: yes
-  with_items: '{{ csf_blocklists }}'
+  loop: '{{ csf_blocklists }}'
   when: csf_blocklists is defined
   notify:
     - check csf conf
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 3657242..18be323 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     name: '{{ item }}'
     state: started
     enabled: yes
-  with_items:
+  loop:
     - csf
     - lfd
   tags:
diff --git a/tests/docker_playbook.yml b/tests/docker_playbook.yml
index 5c1e9ce..b144435 100644
--- a/tests/docker_playbook.yml
+++ b/tests/docker_playbook.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         privileged: true
         volumes:
           - '/sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:ro'
-      with_items: '{{ containers }}'
+      loop: '{{ containers }}'
 
     - name: add containers to inventory
       add_host:
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         groups: docker_containers
         ansible_connection: docker
       changed_when: false
-      with_items: '{{ containers }}'
+      loop: '{{ containers }}'
 
 - name: run tasks in containers
   hosts: docker_containers
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
       docker_container:
         name: '{{ item.name }}'
         state: absent
-      with_items: '{{ containers }}'
+      loop: '{{ containers }}'
       changed_when: false
       tags:
         - destroy