diff --git a/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-usage-exporter/defaults/main.yml b/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-usage-exporter/defaults/main.yml
index 464676afe..daa0161e7 100644
--- a/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-usage-exporter/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-usage-exporter/defaults/main.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_image_registry_prefix: "{{ 'localhost/'
 matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_image_registry_prefix_upstream: "{{ matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_image_registry_prefix_upstream_default }}"
 matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_image_registry_prefix_upstream_default: "docker.io/"
 matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_image_tag: "{{ 'main' if matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_image_self_build else 'latest' }}"
-matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_image_force_pull: "{{ matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_image.endswith(':latest') }}"
 
 matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_base_path: "{{ matrix_base_data_path }}/{{ matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_identifier }}"
 matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_docker_src_files_path: "{{ matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_base_path }}/docker-src"
diff --git a/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-usage-exporter/tasks/setup_install.yml b/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-usage-exporter/tasks/setup_install.yml
index b34eb4188..7c7391a33 100644
--- a/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-usage-exporter/tasks/setup_install.yml
+++ b/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-usage-exporter/tasks/setup_install.yml
@@ -32,11 +32,9 @@
   register: matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_support_files_result
 
 - name: Ensure synapse-usage-exporter Docker image is pulled
-  community.docker.docker_image:
+  community.docker.docker_image_pull:
     name: "{{ matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_image }}"
-    source: "{{ 'pull' if ansible_version.major > 2 or ansible_version.minor > 7 else omit }}"
-    force_source: "{{ matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_image_force_pull if ansible_version.major > 2 or ansible_version.minor >= 8 else omit }}"
-    force: "{{ omit if ansible_version.major > 2 or ansible_version.minor >= 8 else matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_image_force_pull }}"
+    pull: always
   when: "not matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_image_self_build | bool"
   register: matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_image_pull_result
   retries: "{{ devture_playbook_help_container_retries_count }}"
diff --git a/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-usage-exporter/tasks/validate_config.yml b/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-usage-exporter/tasks/validate_config.yml
index 996b7c461..8238b2401 100644
--- a/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-usage-exporter/tasks/validate_config.yml
+++ b/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-usage-exporter/tasks/validate_config.yml
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@
   when: "lookup('ansible.builtin.varnames', ('^' + item.old + '$'), wantlist=True) | length > 0"
   with_items:
     - {'old': 'matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_docker_image_name_prefix', 'new': 'matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_image_registry_prefix'}
+    - {'old': 'matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_image_force_pull', 'new': '<removed> (the new community.docker.docker_image_pull module handles this natively)'}