diff --git a/roles/nginx/php-fpm/defaults/main.yml b/roles/nginx/php-fpm/defaults/main.yml
index 6f1ec8c..a2ee24f 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/php-fpm/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nginx/php-fpm/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 
-php_version: "7.0"
+php_version: "{{ (ansible_distribution_major_version >= '10') | ternary('7.3', '7.0') }}"
 
 phpfpm_package: "php{{ php_version }}-fpm"
 phpfpm_configuration_directory: "/etc/php/{{ php_version }}/fpm"