diff --git a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-dump.yml b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-dump.yml
index d06b1543..62bc6a8d 100644
--- a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-dump.yml
+++ b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-dump.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ---
-- set_fact:
+- ansible.builtin.set_fact:
     _mysql_build_database_name: "{{ database.database }}"
-- set_fact:
+- ansible.builtin.set_fact:
     _mysql_previous_build_database_name: "{{ database.database }}"
 
 - name: Create initial database.
-  mysql_db:
+  community.mysql.mysql_db:
     name: "{{ _mysql_build_database_name }}"
     state: present
     login_host: "{{ _mysql_host }}"
@@ -14,7 +14,14 @@
   when: previous_build_number == 0
   run_once: true
 
+- name: Ensure the dump directory exists.
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ mysql_backup.dumps_directory }}/{{ _mysql_host }}"
+    state: directory
+    owner: "{{ deploy_user }}"
+    group: "{{ deploy_user }}"
+
 - name: Take a database dump.
-  shell: "mysqldump --defaults-extra-file={{ database.credentials_file }} {{ mysql_backup.mysqldump_params }} {{ database.database }} | bzip2 > {{ mysql_backup.dumps_directory }}/{{ _mysql_host }}/{{ database.database }}-{{ previous_build_number }}.sql.bz2"
+  ansible.builtin.shell: "mysqldump --defaults-extra-file={{ database.credentials_file }} {{ mysql_backup.mysqldump_params }} {{ database.database }} | bzip2 > {{ mysql_backup.dumps_directory }}/{{ _mysql_host }}/{{ database.database }}-{{ previous_build_number }}.sql.bz2"
   when: previous_build_number > 0
   run_once: true