diff --git a/provisioning/ansible/attacker_playbook.yml b/provisioning/ansible/attacker_playbook.yml
index 08283ba..39e727b 100755
--- a/provisioning/ansible/attacker_playbook.yml
+++ b/provisioning/ansible/attacker_playbook.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     - virtualhost
     - spearphishing
     - generate_malware
+    - upgrade_binutils
     - ssh_config
     - dosfstools
     - grc
diff --git a/provisioning/ansible/roles/dosfstools/tasks/main.yml b/provisioning/ansible/roles/dosfstools/tasks/main.yml
index 69d04ab..5b08df0 100644
--- a/provisioning/ansible/roles/dosfstools/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/provisioning/ansible/roles/dosfstools/tasks/main.yml
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@
     name: dosfstools
     update_cache: yes
     state: present
-    force: yes
diff --git a/provisioning/ansible/upgrade_binutils/tasks/main.yml b/provisioning/ansible/upgrade_binutils/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bf53fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/provisioning/ansible/upgrade_binutils/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+
+# To avoid any dependency problems later on (which for some reason cannot be resolved automatically), upgrade binutils
+- name: Upgrade binutils
+  apt:
+    name: binutils
+    state: latest