diff --git a/infrastructure-playbooks/purge-cluster.yml b/infrastructure-playbooks/purge-cluster.yml
index b895cd797..23295b8f6 100644
--- a/infrastructure-playbooks/purge-cluster.yml
+++ b/infrastructure-playbooks/purge-cluster.yml
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@
     apt:
       name: "{{ item }}"
       state: absent
+      purge: true
     with_items: "{{ ceph_packages }}"
     when: ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt'