diff --git a/roles/deploy-python-pip/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/deploy-python-pip/tasks/main.yaml
index 8a2b04ec6..f358087a9 100644
--- a/roles/deploy-python-pip/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/deploy-python-pip/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         state: present
     - name: ensuring python pip package is present for centos
       yum:
-        name: python-devel
+        name: python-pip
         state: present
 
 - name: ensuring python pip package is present for fedora via the python2-pip rpm