diff --git a/roles/rabbitmq_cluster/tasks/main.yml b/roles/rabbitmq_cluster/tasks/main.yml
index 3338a98f77..1b26672615 100644
--- a/roles/rabbitmq_cluster/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/rabbitmq_cluster/tasks/main.yml
@@ -129,6 +129,37 @@
             rabbitmq_auth_mechanism_ssl,\
             rabbitmq_federation,\
             rabbitmq_federation_management"
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 9
+  tags:
+  - rabbitmq_cluster
+  - config
+
+# This is probably bad, I guess the plugin code isn't compatible anymore?
+# We can do it by hand, it's probably slower but fine.
+- name: Enable the HTTP management console
+  ansible.builtin.command: rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_management
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 9
+  tags:
+  - rabbitmq_cluster
+  - config
+
+- name: Enable the HTTP SSL authentication plugins
+  ansible.builtin.command: rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_auth_mechanism_ssl
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 9
+  tags:
+  - rabbitmq_cluster
+  - config
+
+- name: Enable the RabbitMQ federation plugin
+  ansible.builtin.command: rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_federation
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 9
+  tags:
+  - rabbitmq_cluster
+  - config
+
+- name: Enable the RabbitMQ federation management plugin
+  ansible.builtin.command: rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_federation_management
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 9
   tags:
   - rabbitmq_cluster
   - config