diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 48e8c36..910da80 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ log2ram_ram_percent: 10
 log2ram_min_size_mb: 128
 log2ram_max_size_mb: 1024
 log2ram_host_memtotal_mb: "{{ ansible_memtotal_mb }}"
+log2ram_version: "1.7.2"
 
 # Journald RAM usage limit
 journald_runtime_max_use: "100M"
diff --git a/tasks/ram.yml b/tasks/ram.yml
index 6bcdb2e..75ddce6 100644
--- a/tasks/ram.yml
+++ b/tasks/ram.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 - name: ram | Download log2ram
   ansible.builtin.get_url:
-    url: https://github.com/azlux/log2ram/archive/refs/tags/1.7.2.tar.gz
+    url: https://github.com/azlux/log2ram/archive/refs/tags/{{ log2ram_version }}.tar.gz
     dest: /tmp/log2ram.tar.gz
     mode: '0644'
   register: download_archive
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     - name: ram | Install log2ram
       ansible.builtin.command: bash install.sh
       args:
-        chdir: "/tmp/log2ram-master"
+        chdir: "/tmp/log2ram-{{ log2ram_version }}"
         # 'creates' makes the command idempotent by checking for the binary
         creates: /usr/local/bin/log2ram
       notify: Restart log2ram