diff --git a/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/indexer_storage.pp b/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/indexer_storage.pp
--- a/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/indexer_storage.pp
+++ b/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/indexer_storage.pp
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 class profile::swh::deploy::indexer_storage {
   include ::profile::swh::deploy::base_storage
 
-  package {'python3-swh.indexer.storage':
-    ensure => 'latest',
+  $packages = ['python3-swh.indexer.storage', 'python3-swh.indexer']
+
+  package {$packages:
+    ensure => 'present',
   } ~> ::profile::swh::deploy::rpc_server {'indexer-storage':
     config_key        => 'indexer::storage',
     executable        => 'swh.indexer.storage.api.server:run_from_webserver',