diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 4e33c2d34ee4ed8dc842764624426abd384153cd..d4aeaebff578b9aa7391fb1c2380a93ca4024515 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
   become: true
   when:
     ( not __node_exporter_is_installed.stat.exists ) or
-    ( __node_exporter_current_version_output.stderr_lines[0].split(" ")[2] != node_exporter_version ) or
+    ( (__node_exporter_current_version_output.stderr_lines | length > 0) and (__node_exporter_current_version_output.stderr_lines[0].split(" ")[2] != node_exporter_version) ) or
+    ( (__node_exporter_current_version_output.stdout_lines | length > 0) and (__node_exporter_current_version_output.stdout_lines[0].split(" ")[2] != node_exporter_version) ) or
     ( node_exporter_binary_local_dir | length > 0 )
   tags:
     - node_exporter_install