diff --git a/roles/bootstrap/handlers/podman.yml b/roles/bootstrap/handlers/podman.yml
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-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
----
-# handlers file for bootstrap
-- name: Pull podman images
-  listen: podman
-  block:
-    - name: Pull container images via podman
-      containers.podman.podman_image:
-        name: "{{ item.value['name'] }}"
-        tag: "{{ item.value['tag'] | default('latest') }}"
-        state: present
-      notify: "{{ item.key }}"
-      loop: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.dict', software.containers) }}"