diff --git a/roles/configuration/tasks/users.yml b/roles/configuration/tasks/users.yml
index 0887e33..f959392 100644
--- a/roles/configuration/tasks/users.yml
+++ b/roles/configuration/tasks/users.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 - name: Set root password
   ansible.builtin.shell: >-
     set -o pipefail &&
-    echo 'root:{{ system_cfg.root.password | password_hash("sha512") }}' | {{ chroot_command }} chpasswd -e
+    echo 'root:{{ system_cfg.root.password | password_hash("sha512") }}' | {{ chroot_command }} /usr/sbin/chpasswd -e
   args:
     executable: /bin/bash
   register: configuration_root_result