diff --git a/examples/playbooks/vars/defaults.yml b/examples/playbooks/vars/defaults.yml
index a04588b17de..3a04c435bd1 100644
--- a/examples/playbooks/vars/defaults.yml
+++ b/examples/playbooks/vars/defaults.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ---
-packager: aptitude
+packager: apt
 apache: apache