diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index 0595069..ba43d5f 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -33,3 +33,9 @@ releases:
     fragments:
     - sudo-fix.yml
     release_date: '2025-01-08'
+  1.19.2:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - prechecks - fix groups existing assertion
+      - prechecks - change groups existence check to run once
+    release_date: '2025-10-09'
diff --git a/roles/cephadm/tasks/prechecks.yml b/roles/cephadm/tasks/prechecks.yml
index 421a3f6..a8e1de9 100644
--- a/roles/cephadm/tasks/prechecks.yml
+++ b/roles/cephadm/tasks/prechecks.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ---
 - name: Assert that required Ansible groups exist
+  run_once: true
   ansible.builtin.assert:
-    that: "'{{ item }}' in group_names"
+    that: "'{{ item }}' in groups"
     msg: "Ansible '{{ item }}' group does not exist - please create one"
   loop:
     - ceph