diff --git a/tasks/install-repair-tools.yml b/tasks/install-repair-tools.yml
index 4947cc633c66f25672d009e9d92734d874dee8ad..37406856b752f0805cf4e5f9d2bf6ac05ef68377 100644
--- a/tasks/install-repair-tools.yml
+++ b/tasks/install-repair-tools.yml
@@ -30,10 +30,13 @@
 - name: install repairtool (package dependencies are encoded in the package)
   apt:
     name: [
-      'libslub-lza-repair-perl',
-      'checkit-tiff',
-      'fixit-tiff'
+      'libslub-lza-repair-perl=0.9.15*',
+      'checkit-tiff=1.0.0',
+      'fixit-tiff=0.1.3'
     ]
+    # CAUTION!!! Always use "state: present". Due to version constraints, we do
+    #            not allow just any package version or automatic update
+    #            mechanisms. Autoupdates will make the repair tool crash!
     state: present
   tags: [apt]