diff --git a/roles/mariadb/handlers/main.yml b/roles/mariadb/handlers/main.yml
index 49112de..42c533e 100644
--- a/roles/mariadb/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mariadb/handlers/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
 - name: restart mysql
-  service: name=mysql state=restarted
+  systemd: name=mysql state=restarted
 
 # vim: set ts=2 sw=2:
diff --git a/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml
index aec0662..a09cfbc 100644
--- a/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   tags: mariadb
 
 - name: Start and enable MariaDB Service
-  service: name=mysql state=started enabled=true
+  systemd: name=mysql state=started enabled=yes
   tags: mariadb
 
 # 'localhost' needs to be the last item for idempotency, see