diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 35c20c9..adbf47f 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ nextcloud_server_names:
 nextcloud_force_downgrade: false
 
 timezone: UTC
+
+nextcloud_php_version: 7.3
diff --git a/tasks/php-opcache.yml b/tasks/php-opcache.yml
index f81c6d5..9a2a799 100644
--- a/tasks/php-opcache.yml
+++ b/tasks/php-opcache.yml
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 - name: enable php opcache
   template:
     src: php-opcache.conf.j2
-    dest: /etc/php/7.0/apache2/conf.d/opcache.ini
+    dest: /etc/php/{{nextcloud_php_version}}/apache2/conf.d/opcache.ini
   notify: restart apache2
diff --git a/tasks/setup_Debian.yml b/tasks/setup_Debian.yml
index 3fe7eee..dba4c6c 100644
--- a/tasks/setup_Debian.yml
+++ b/tasks/setup_Debian.yml
@@ -4,22 +4,22 @@
   apt:
     pkg:
       - apache2
-      - php-cli
-      - libapache2-mod-php
-      - php-xml
-      - php-gd
-      - php-json
-      - php-mbstring
-      - php-zip
-      - php-mysql
-      - php-curl
-      - php-intl
-      - php-imagick
+      - php{{nextcloud_php_version}}-cli
+      - libapache2-mod-php{{nextcloud_php_version}}
+      - php{{nextcloud_php_version}}-xml
+      - php{{nextcloud_php_version}}-gd
+      - php{{nextcloud_php_version}}-json
+      - php{{nextcloud_php_version}}-mbstring
+      - php{{nextcloud_php_version}}-zip
+      - php{{nextcloud_php_version}}-mysql
+      - php{{nextcloud_php_version}}-curl
+      - php{{nextcloud_php_version}}-intl
+      - php{{nextcloud_php_version}}-imagick
       - ca-certificates
       - sudo
-      - php-apcu
+      - php{{nextcloud_php_version}}-apcu
       - memcached
-      - php-memcached
+      - php{{nextcloud_php_version}}-memcached
       - libreoffice
       - mariadb-client
     state: present