diff --git a/library/roles/php-fpm/defaults/main.yml b/library/roles/php-fpm/defaults/main.yml
index 16eee20..02ca077 100644
--- a/library/roles/php-fpm/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/library/roles/php-fpm/defaults/main.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ phpfpm_service_enabled: True
 phpfpm_remove_php_module: True
 php_from_ppa: False
 php_ppa: ppa:ondrej/php
-php_version: 5
+php_version: 7.2
 
 phpfpm_base_dir: '/etc/php{{ php_version }}/fpm'
 phpfpm_cli_dir: '/etc/php{{ php_version }}/cli'