diff --git a/roles/cassandra_install/defaults/main.yml b/roles/cassandra_install/defaults/main.yml
index 50a814a4..be0523ec 100644
--- a/roles/cassandra_install/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cassandra_install/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ---
 # defaults file for cassandra_install
 cassandra_packages: cassandra
+cassandra_exact_version: 3.11.17
diff --git a/roles/cassandra_install/tasks/main.yml b/roles/cassandra_install/tasks/main.yml
index 96d7c57e..565be31b 100644
--- a/roles/cassandra_install/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cassandra_install/tasks/main.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 - name: Install Cassandra Packages
   package:
-    name: "{{ cassandra_packages }}"
+    name: "{{ cassandra_packages }}={{ cassandra_exact_version }}"
     state: present
   retries: 3