diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bea9e19..94d7da8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 Which is based on [Keep A Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+- fix: replace inline module to cron for renew cron
 - test: use new docker images
 
 ## [2.0.0] 2018-07-07
diff --git a/tasks/base.yml b/tasks/base.yml
index bd39d7f..7f9ce57 100644
--- a/tasks/base.yml
+++ b/tasks/base.yml
@@ -35,12 +35,17 @@
     mode: 0644
   tags: certbot
 
-- name: add certbot renew cron
-  lineinfile:
+- name: remove old cerbot renew cron
+  file:
     path: /etc/cron.d/certbot
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: 0644
-    regexp: '^0 */12 * * * root'
-    line: "0 */12 * * * root perl -e 'sleep int(rand(3600))' && certbot -q renew --renew-hook /usr/local/bin/certbot-renew"
+    state: absent
+  tags: certbot
+
+- name: add certbot renew cron
+  cron:
+    name: certbot-renew
+    user: root
+    hour: '*/12'
+    minute: 0
+    job: perl -e 'sleep int(rand(3600))' && certbot -q renew --renew-hook /usr/local/bin/certbot-renew
   tags: certbot
diff --git a/test/integration/certbot/serverspec/certbot_spec.rb b/test/integration/certbot/serverspec/certbot_spec.rb
index 6c9f021..ede171d 100644
--- a/test/integration/certbot/serverspec/certbot_spec.rb
+++ b/test/integration/certbot/serverspec/certbot_spec.rb
@@ -15,11 +15,15 @@ describe file('/var/www/acme') do
 end
 
 describe file('/etc/cron.d/certbot') do
+  it { should_not exist }
+end
+
+describe file('/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root') do
   it { should exist }
   it { should be_file }
-  it { should be_mode 644 }
+  it { should be_mode 600 }
   it { should be_owned_by 'root' }
-  it { should be_grouped_into 'root' }
+  it { should be_grouped_into 'crontab' }
   it { should contain '--renew-hook /usr/local/bin/certbot-renew' }
 end