diff --git a/library/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml b/library/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml
index 9783a778..93bae4e3 100644
--- a/library/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/library/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@
 
 - block:
   - name: Create a file with the DB password
-    copy: src=mw_db_passwd.j2 dest=/tmp/mw_db_passwd owner=root group=root mode=0400
+    template: src=mw_db_passwd.j2 dest=/tmp/mw_db_passwd owner=root group=root mode=0400
 
   - name: Create a file with the admin password
-    copy: src=mw_admin_passwd.j2 dest=/tmp/mw_admin_passwd owner=root group=root mode=0400
+    template: src=mw_admin_passwd.j2 dest=/tmp/mw_admin_passwd owner=root group=root mode=0400
 
   - name: Initialize the mediawiki instance
     shell: cd {{ mw_doc_root }} ; php maintenance/install.php --confpath {{ mw_conf_dir }} --dbname {{ mw_db_name }} --dbprefix {{ mw_db_table_prefix }} --dbuser {{ mw_db_user }} --dbpassfile /tmp/mw_db_passwd --with-extensions --scriptpath {{ mw_uri }} --passfile /tmp/mw_admin_passwd --wiki {{ mw_id }} --dbserver {{ mw_db_host }} --dbtype mysql --server https://{{ mw_wiki_servername }} "{{ mw_wiki_name }}" {{ mw_system_user }} && touch {{ mw_doc_root }}/.mwinitialized ; rm -f /tmp/mw_db_passwd /tmp/mw_admin_passwd