diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 37dc3b8..e049dd8 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ nvidia_driver_skip_reboot: no
 nvidia_driver_module_file: /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf
 nvidia_driver_module_params: ''
 
+
 ##############################################################################
 # RedHat family                                                              #
 ##############################################################################
-nvidia_driver_rhel_epel_repo_baseurl: "https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/$releasever/$basearch/"
-nvidia_driver_rhel_epel_repo_gpgkey: "https://epel.mirror.constant.com//RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}"
 nvidia_driver_rhel_cuda_repo_baseurl: "https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/{{ _rhel_repo_dir }}/"
 nvidia_driver_rhel_cuda_repo_gpgkey: "https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/{{ _rhel_repo_dir }}/7fa2af80.pub"
 
diff --git a/tasks/install-redhat.yml b/tasks/install-redhat.yml
index 6f0225a..5bf7a68 100644
--- a/tasks/install-redhat.yml
+++ b/tasks/install-redhat.yml
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
     reboot:
 
 - name: add epel repo
-  yum_repository:
-    name: epel
-    description: EPEL YUM repo
-    baseurl: "{{ nvidia_driver_rhel_epel_repo_baseurl }}"
-    gpgkey: "{{ nvidia_driver_rhel_epel_repo_gpgkey }}"
+  become: true
+  yum:
+    name: 
+      - "epel-release"
+    state: latest
   environment: "{{proxy_env if proxy_env is defined else {}}}"
 
 - name: install dependencies