diff --git a/ansible/roles/rethinkdb/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/rethinkdb/tasks/main.yml
index 774520b..b24414e 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/rethinkdb/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/rethinkdb/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
   apt_key: url=http://download.rethinkdb.com/apt/pubkey.gpg
   become: true
 - name: ensure rethinkdb repo is in apt sources.list
-  apt_repository: repo='deb http://download.rethinkdb.com/apt trusty main'
-                  state=present
+  apt_repository:
+    repo: 'deb http://download.rethinkdb.com/apt {{ansible_lsb.codename|lower}} main'
+    state: present
   become: true
 - apt: update_cache=yes
   become: true