diff --git a/roles/configure-mirrors/handlers/main.yaml b/roles/configure-mirrors/handlers/main.yaml
index 97aaf7620..560ad787c 100644
--- a/roles/configure-mirrors/handlers/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/configure-mirrors/handlers/main.yaml
@@ -7,19 +7,15 @@
   tags:
     - skip_ansible_lint
 
-- name: Update dnf cache
+- name: Update yum/dnf cache
   become: yes
   command: "{{ item }}"
+  args:
+    warn: false
   with_items:
-    - dnf clean all
-    - dnf makecache
-
-- name: Update yum cache
-  become: yes
-  command: "{{ item }}"
-  with_items:
-    - yum clean all
-    - yum makecache
+    - "{{ ansible_pkg_mgr }} clean all"
+    - "{{ ansible_pkg_mgr }} makecache -v"
+  # verbose is needed in order to make it possible to debug potential failures
 
 - name: Update zypper cache
   become: yes
diff --git a/roles/configure-mirrors/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/configure-mirrors/tasks/main.yaml
index 4f65d42b6..c98c53dc7 100644
--- a/roles/configure-mirrors/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/configure-mirrors/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+- name: gather needed facts
+  when: ansible_pkg_mgr is not defined
+  setup:
+    gather_subset: pkg_mgr
+
 - name: Set up infrastructure mirrors
   include: mirror.yaml
   when: mirror_fqdn is defined
diff --git a/roles/configure-mirrors/tasks/mirror/CentOS-7.yaml b/roles/configure-mirrors/tasks/mirror/CentOS-7.yaml
index 38847e92e..799147cf8 100644
--- a/roles/configure-mirrors/tasks/mirror/CentOS-7.yaml
+++ b/roles/configure-mirrors/tasks/mirror/CentOS-7.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     - etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo
     - etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
   notify:
-    - Update yum cache
+    - Update yum/dnf cache
 
 # http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/conf_ref.html#options-for-both-main-and-repo
 # deltarpm is useful when the bottleneck is the network throughput.
diff --git a/roles/configure-mirrors/tasks/mirror/CentOS-8.yaml b/roles/configure-mirrors/tasks/mirror/CentOS-8.yaml
index 8e6489789..b42826f40 100644
--- a/roles/configure-mirrors/tasks/mirror/CentOS-8.yaml
+++ b/roles/configure-mirrors/tasks/mirror/CentOS-8.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     - etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-PowerTools.repo
     - etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
   notify:
-    - Update dnf cache
+    - Update yum/dnf cache
 
 # http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/conf_ref.html#options-for-both-main-and-repo
 # deltarpm is useful when the bottleneck is the network throughput.
diff --git a/roles/configure-mirrors/tasks/mirror/Fedora.yaml b/roles/configure-mirrors/tasks/mirror/Fedora.yaml
index fcf664646..81eb5f460 100644
--- a/roles/configure-mirrors/tasks/mirror/Fedora.yaml
+++ b/roles/configure-mirrors/tasks/mirror/Fedora.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     - etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo
     - etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo
   notify:
-    - Update dnf cache
+    - Update yum/dnf cache
 
 # http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/conf_ref.html#options-for-both-main-and-repo
 # deltarpm is useful when the bottleneck is the network throughput.