diff --git a/ansible/requirements.yml b/ansible/requirements.yml
index 7e148e7..0863952 100644
--- a/ansible/requirements.yml
+++ b/ansible/requirements.yml
@@ -3,5 +3,9 @@ collections:
     version: ">=3.16.0"
   - name: community.hashi_vault
     version: ">=7.1.0"
+  # community.openwrt.apk module (required for OpenWrt 25.12+ which dropped opkg)
+  # is only available in 1.4.0 which is not yet released on Galaxy — install from git.
   - name: community.openwrt
-    version: ">=1.0.0"
+    source: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.openwrt.git
+    type: git
+    version: main
diff --git a/ansible/roles/openwrt/tasks/packages.yml b/ansible/roles/openwrt/tasks/packages.yml
index a6efc1f..55a7593 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/openwrt/tasks/packages.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/openwrt/tasks/packages.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - name: Install packages
-  community.openwrt.opkg:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
+  community.openwrt.apk:
+    name: "{{ openwrt_packages | join(',') }}"
     state: present
     update_cache: true
-  loop: "{{ openwrt_packages }}"
+  when: openwrt_packages | length > 0