diff --git a/system/base/logs/tasks/main.yml b/system/base/logs/tasks/main.yml
index 3a1e425..afbe4a5 100644
--- a/system/base/logs/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/system/base/logs/tasks/main.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 - block:
 
     - name: "identify logcheck ignore files"
-      local_action: stat path="{{ system_base_logs_ignore_dir }}/{{ item }}"
+      local_action:
+        module: "ansible.builtin.stat"
+        path: "{{ system_base_logs_ignore_dir }}/{{ item }}"
       register: system_base_logs_ignore_files_stat
       loop: "{{ [ansible_hostname, 'all'] | union(group_names) }}"