diff --git a/playbooks/connection_test.yaml b/playbooks/connection_test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71a1ed4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/connection_test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+- name: connection test
+  hosts: all
+  tasks:
+    - name: debug
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        var: ansible_connection
diff --git a/playbooks/reboot_test.yaml b/playbooks/reboot_test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80f09c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/reboot_test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+- name: reboot test
+  hosts: all
+  tasks:
+    - name: debug before
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: before
+
+    - name: reboot
+      ansible.builtin.include_role:
+        name: reboot
+
+    - name: debug after
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: after
diff --git a/roles/apt_update_and_upgrade/handlers/main.yaml b/roles/apt_update_and_upgrade/handlers/main.yaml
index 17f19f1..001bbe4 100644
--- a/roles/apt_update_and_upgrade/handlers/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/apt_update_and_upgrade/handlers/main.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 - name: reboot the system
-  ansible.builtin.include_role:
-    role: reboot
-  vars:
-    # Simply don't reboot on local connections and rely on proper handling of /var/run/reboot-required.
-    reboot__local_handling: ignore
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.reboot: