diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index fa181ce..07ecfc8 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ es_apt_key: "{{ es_repo_base }}/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch"
 es_apt_url: "deb {{ es_repo_base }}/packages/{{ es_repo_name }}/apt stable main"
 es_apt_url_old: "deb http://packages.elastic.co/elasticsearch/{{ es_repo_name }}/debian stable main"
 es_start_service: true
-es_java_install: "{{ false if (es_version is version_compare('7.0.0', '>=')) else true }}"
+es_java_install: "{{ false if (es_version is version('7.0.0', '>=')) else true }}"
 update_java: false
 es_restart_on_change: true
 es_plugins_reinstall: false
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ es_api_scheme: "http"
 es_api_host: "localhost"
 es_api_port: 9200
 es_api_uri: "{{ es_api_scheme }}://{{ es_api_host }}:{{ es_api_port }}"
-es_security_api: "{{ '_security' if es_version is version_compare('7.0.0', '>=') else '_xpack/security' }}"
-es_license_api: "{{ '_license' if es_version is version_compare('7.0.0', '>=') else '_xpack/license' }}"
+es_security_api: "{{ '_security' if es_version is version('7.0.0', '>=') else '_xpack/security' }}"
+es_license_api: "{{ '_license' if es_version is version('7.0.0', '>=') else '_xpack/license' }}"
 es_api_sleep: 15
 es_debian_startup_timeout: 10
 
diff --git a/tasks/elasticsearch-parameters.yml b/tasks/elasticsearch-parameters.yml
index b25e4f3..c7af751 100644
--- a/tasks/elasticsearch-parameters.yml
+++ b/tasks/elasticsearch-parameters.yml
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@
   set_fact: m_lock_enabled={{ es_config['bootstrap.memory_lock'] is defined and es_config['bootstrap.memory_lock'] == True }}
 
 - name: set fact use_system_d
-  set_fact: use_system_d={{(ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_version is version_compare('8', '>=')) or (ansible_distribution in ['RedHat','CentOS'] and ansible_distribution_version is version_compare('7', '>=')) or (ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_distribution_version is version_compare('15', '>=')) }}
+  set_fact: use_system_d={{(ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_version is version('8', '>=')) or (ansible_distribution in ['RedHat','CentOS'] and ansible_distribution_version is version('7', '>=')) or (ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_distribution_version is version('15', '>=')) }}