diff --git a/roles/configuration/tasks/users.yml b/roles/configuration/tasks/users.yml
index d4c6817..0887e33 100644
--- a/roles/configuration/tasks/users.yml
+++ b/roles/configuration/tasks/users.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 ---
 - name: Set root password
   ansible.builtin.shell: >-
+    set -o pipefail &&
     echo 'root:{{ system_cfg.root.password | password_hash("sha512") }}' | {{ chroot_command }} chpasswd -e
+  args:
+    executable: /bin/bash
   register: configuration_root_result
   changed_when: configuration_root_result.rc == 0
   no_log: true