diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all b/ansible/group_vars/all
index 00aba84270f0b880ab8b66c27cb74cc47d0dc376..665d5cdfccf013d3bc0ac080119ce3c6c56d6591 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
   zsh_src_url: "https://www.zsh.org/pub/old/zsh-{{ zsh_ver }}.tar.xz"
   yum_repo_files: []
   pkg_list: []
+  slurm_version: 18.08.9
diff --git a/ansible/roles/slurm_client/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/slurm_client/tasks/main.yml
index b4e001ad069907af43549822158627078fd52161..9751720e6d62aa5fb8f6844e0e6bae5ec553858a 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/slurm_client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/slurm_client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 ---
+- name: Install slurm packages
+  ansible.builtin.yum:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    state: present
+  loop:
+    - munge
+    - "slurm-client-{{ slurm_version }}"
+
 - name: Create slurm group
   ansible.builtin.group:
     name: slurm