diff --git a/tasks/prerequisites.yml b/tasks/prerequisites.yml
index 36ac285..e9b74b2 100644
--- a/tasks/prerequisites.yml
+++ b/tasks/prerequisites.yml
@@ -4,13 +4,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.include_role:
     name: ednxzu.manage_apt_packages
   vars:
-    manage_apt_packages_list:
-      - name: "{{ manage_pip_packages_python3_package_name }}"
-        version: latest
-        state: present
-      - name: "{{ manage_pip_packages_pip3_package_name }}"
-        version: latest
-        state: present
+    manage_apt_packages_list: "{{ manage_pip_packages_required_packages }}"
 
 - name: "Update pip to latest"
   ansible.builtin.pip:
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index 61614e9..5c50282 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 ---
 # vars file for manage_pip_packages
-manage_pip_packages_python3_package_name: python3
-manage_pip_packages_pip3_package_name: python3-pip
+manage_pip_packages_required_packages:
+  - name: python3
+    version: latest
+    state: present
+  - name: python3-pip
+    version: latest
+    state: present