diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/ntp.yml b/roles/common/tasks/ntp.yml
index 2c97b4b..66fcb8f 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/ntp.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/ntp.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 # client.
 
 - name: Set timezone
-  when: timezone is defined and ansible_service_mgr == 'systemd'
-  command: /usr/bin/timedatectl set-timezone {{ timezone }}
+  when:
+    - timezone is defined
+    - ansible_service_mgr == 'systemd'
+  community.general.timezone:
+    name: "{{ timezone }}"
   tags: timezone
 
 # Apparently some cloud images don't have this installed by default. From what