diff --git a/roles/jitsi/defaults/main.yml b/roles/jitsi/defaults/main.yml
index 1151a02..5610e7a 100644
--- a/roles/jitsi/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/jitsi/defaults/main.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jitsi_jigasi_git_url: https://github.com/jitsi/jigasi.git
 jitsi_meet_git_url: https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet.git
 
 # Should ansible handle upgrades, or only initial install ?
-jitsi_manage_upgrade: False
+jitsi_manage_upgrade: True
 
 # XMPP server to connect to. Default is the same machine
 jitsi_xmpp_server: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ jitsi_meet_conf_base:
     domain: "{{ jitsi_domain }}"
     muc: conference.{{ jitsi_domain }}
   bosh: '//{{ jitsi_domain }}/http-bind'
-  websocket: 'wss://{{ jitsi_domain }}/xmpp-websocket'
+  # websocket support is broken on prosody 0.11.7 when running lua 5.1 (on EL7), so disable it for now so it fallback to BOSH
+  websocket: "{{ (ansible_os_family == 'RedHat' and ansible_distribution_major_version is version ('8','<')) | ternary(False,'wss://{{ jitsi_domain }}/xmpp-websocket') }}"
   clientNode: http://jitsi.org/jitsimeet
   focusUserJid: "{{ jitsi_jicofo_xmpp_user }}@{{ jitsi_auth_domain }}"
   disableAudioLevels: True