diff --git a/tasks/admin_users.yml b/tasks/admin_users.yml
index 8a7c625cea010e5645c9229a6c44403cb709048e..1bdefb117280c2d5cd5615bb26902d7f1aefa407 100644
--- a/tasks/admin_users.yml
+++ b/tasks/admin_users.yml
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@
 - name: Disable Password Authentication for ssh.usage
   ansible.builtin.replace:
     path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
-    regex: PasswordAuthentication
+    regexp: PasswordAuthentication
     replace: 'PasswordAuthentication no\1'