diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 3f991fbaf58345b418602ea844ce571395358a3d..61531cd58e45f1dd518b401e69ddc1d17ed2c750 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 iptables: []
 nfs_mounts: {}
 users: []
-groups: []
+grouplist: []   # Don't use "groups" anymore, as that's a reserved name.
 callas_sdk_version: ""
diff --git a/tasks/create_users_groups.yml b/tasks/create_users_groups.yml
index 3810e8e95d62953f5adee5850c728bdcbad0f25d..707aecc38aa82126def0d5ff18cba22e3b0dd724 100644
--- a/tasks/create_users_groups.yml
+++ b/tasks/create_users_groups.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     name: "{{ item.name }}"
     gid: "{{ item.gid | default(omit) }}"
     state: "item.state | default('present') }}"
-  loop: "{{ groups | flatten(levels=1) }}"
+  loop: "{{ grouplist | flatten(levels=1) }}"
 
 - name: User in Gruppen einfügen und primäre Gruppe setzen
   ansible.builtin.user:
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index 285fb9200a584ba40b653981725ab8ac63ddde58..bd8bac9c6c169ddf9389c9323720f156fc66dae9 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 iptables: "{{ vault_iptables }}"
 nfs_mounts: "{{ vault_nfs_mounts }}"
 users: "{{ vault_users }}"
-groups: "{{ vault_groups }}"
+grouplist: "{{ vault_groups }}"   # Don't use "groups" anymore, as that's a reserved name.
 callas_sdk_version: "{{ vault_callas_sdk_version }}"