diff --git a/roles/ensure-docker/handlers/main.yaml b/roles/ensure-docker/handlers/main.yaml
index f51cd6c6d..5feaffdbd 100644
--- a/roles/ensure-docker/handlers/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/ensure-docker/handlers/main.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 ---
 - name: Reload systemd
   become: true
-  systemd_service:
+  # Ansible 6 requires "systemd" and not "systemd_service"
+  # TODO: change this to systemd_service >= 2 weeks after Zuul 10 is released
+  systemd:
     daemon_reload: true
 
 - name: Stop docker.socket to avoid any conflict