diff --git a/tasks/create_users_groups.yml b/tasks/create_users_groups.yml
index 9edacd2ae29686431fc3afceee18f4b31575b4d2..bdb7abff13f7de99882ed1877128a627cd4ad3d2 100644
--- a/tasks/create_users_groups.yml
+++ b/tasks/create_users_groups.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.group:
     name: "{{ item.name }}"
     gid: "{{ item.gid | default(omit) }}"
+    state: "item.state | default('present') }}"
   loop: "{{ vault_groups | flatten(levels=1) }}"
 
 - name: User in Gruppen einfügen und primäre Gruppe setzen