diff --git a/roles/prereq_jdk/tasks/main.yml b/roles/prereq_jdk/tasks/main.yml
index 6b4fbf0a..f8906417 100644
--- a/roles/prereq_jdk/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/prereq_jdk/tasks/main.yml
@@ -36,13 +36,16 @@
 - name: Include OS-specific variables
   ansible.builtin.include_vars: "{{ item }}"
   with_first_found:
-    - "{{ ansible_facts['distribution'] }}-{{ ansible_facts['distribution_version'] }}.yml"
-    - "{{ ansible_facts['distribution'] }}-{{ ansible_facts['distribution_major_version'] }}.yml"
-    - "{{ ansible_facts['distribution'] }}.yml"
-    - "{{ ansible_facts['os_family'] }}-{{ ansible_facts['distribution_version'] }}.yml"
-    - "{{ ansible_facts['os_family'] }}-{{ ansible_facts['distribution_major_version'] }}.yml"
-    - "{{ ansible_facts['os_family'] }}.yml"
-    - "default.yml"
+    - files:
+        - "{{ ansible_facts['distribution'] }}-{{ ansible_facts['distribution_version'] }}.yml"
+        - "{{ ansible_facts['distribution'] }}-{{ ansible_facts['distribution_major_version'] }}.yml"
+        - "{{ ansible_facts['distribution'] }}.yml"
+        - "{{ ansible_facts['os_family'] }}-{{ ansible_facts['distribution_version'] }}.yml"
+        - "{{ ansible_facts['os_family'] }}-{{ ansible_facts['distribution_major_version'] }}.yml"
+        - "{{ ansible_facts['os_family'] }}.yml"
+        - "default.yml"
+      paths:
+        - "{{ role_path }}/vars"
 
 - name: Install JDK
   when: jdk_install_packages