diff --git a/infrastructure-playbooks/purge-cluster.yml b/infrastructure-playbooks/purge-cluster.yml
index c3cde350a..21cf2cdad 100644
--- a/infrastructure-playbooks/purge-cluster.yml
+++ b/infrastructure-playbooks/purge-cluster.yml
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
     register: ceph_lockbox_partition_to_erase_path
 
   - name: see if ceph-volume is installed
-    command: "command -v ceph-volume"
+    shell: "command -v ceph-volume"
     failed_when: false
     register: ceph_volume_present