diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index ad68c05..ebc41e8 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -54,13 +54,11 @@ slurm_packages_master:
 # slurm packages we install only in slurmdbd node
 slurm_packages_slurmdbd:
   RedHat:
-    - mariadb-server
-    - MySQL-python
     - slurm-slurmdbd
-  Debian:
     - mariadb-server
-    - python3-mysqldb
+  Debian:
     - slurmdbd
+    - mariadb-server
 
 # slurm packages we install only in worker nodes
 slurm_packages_worker:
diff --git a/tasks/slurm-accounting.yml b/tasks/slurm-accounting.yml
index c16594d..df4227c 100644
--- a/tasks/slurm-accounting.yml
+++ b/tasks/slurm-accounting.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,28 @@
     state: started
     enabled: true
 
+- name: Install dependencies for the ansible mysql modules | RedHat7
+  ansible.builtin.yum:
+    name: MySQL-python
+    state: present
+  when:
+    - ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
+    - ansible_distribution_major_version == "7"
+
+- name: Install dependencies for the ansible mysql modules | RedHat8
+  ansible.builtin.yum:
+    name: python3-mysql
+    state: present
+  when:
+    - ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
+    - ansible_distribution_major_version == "8"
+
+- name: Install dependencies for the ansible mysql modules | Debian/Ubuntu
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    name: python3-mysqldb
+    state: present
+  when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"
+
 - name: Create mysql db for accounting
   community.mysql.mysql_db:
     name: "{{ slurm_slurmdbd_mysql_db_name }}"