diff --git a/infrastructure-playbooks/docker-to-podman.yml b/infrastructure-playbooks/docker-to-podman.yml
index 65f4668c1..6b1a8baf9 100644
--- a/infrastructure-playbooks/docker-to-podman.yml
+++ b/infrastructure-playbooks/docker-to-podman.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
         name: ceph-defaults
     - import_role:
         name: ceph-facts
+    - import_role:
+        name: ceph-handler
 
     - name: get docker version
       command: docker --version
diff --git a/roles/ceph-handler/handlers/main.yml b/roles/ceph-handler/handlers/main.yml
index 65b0ba994..a6f33e24b 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-handler/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-handler/handlers/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ---
 - name: handlers
-  when: not rolling_update | bool
+  when:
+     - not rolling_update | bool
+     - not docker2podman | default(False) | bool
   block:
     - name: update apt cache
       apt: