diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eea4be4..6edfb5a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+- 'statedir' environment variable to support a newer version of the ca-certificates rpm
+
 ### Dependencies
 - Bump `tj-actions/changed-files` from 42 to 44 ([#38](https://github.com/Cray-HPE/cf-cme-ca-cert/pull/38), [#39](https://github.com/Cray-HPE/cf-cme-ca-cert/pull/39))
 
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ca-cert/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/ca-cert/tasks/main.yml
index 9d62703..070aebc 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ca-cert/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ca-cert/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # MIT License
 #
-# (C) Copyright 2019,2021-2022 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
+# (C) Copyright 2019,2021-2024 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
 #
 # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
 # copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
@@ -51,9 +51,10 @@
     ansible_distribution == "SLES" and
     ansible_distribution_version != "15.2"
 
-
 - name: Run certificate update scripts
   command: "{{ item.path }}"
+  environment:
+    statedir: "/var/lib/ca-certificates"
   loop: "{{ ca_scripts.files }}"
   when: >
     ansible_distribution == "SLES" and