diff --git a/main.yml b/main.yml
index 1ac21b8..9f8c708 100644
--- a/main.yml
+++ b/main.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@
     - borgbackup
   tags: borgbackup
 
+- name: Update the system
+  hosts: all
+  become: true
+  roles: 
+    - update_system
+  tags: update
+
 ####################################################  Service Roles ############################################################
 
 - name: Configure Nginx Proxy Manager
diff --git a/roles/update_system/tasks/main.yml b/roles/update_system/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4366b10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/update_system/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+---
+- name: Update apt cache and packages
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    update_cache: true
+    name: "*"
+    state: latest
+  register: updates_applied
+
+- debug: var=updates_applied
+
+- name: reboot the system
+  ansible.builtin.reboot:
+    reboot_timeout: 3600
+  when: updates_applied.changed == true
+
+- name: Autoremove no longer needed packages
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    autoremove: true
+
+- name: Create custom fact directorie
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    state: directory
+    recurse: true
+    path: /etc/ansible/facts.d
+
+- name: set last_update local fact
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: last_update.j2
+    dest: /etc/ansible/facts.d/last_update.fact
+  when: updates_applied.changed == true
diff --git a/roles/update_system/templates/last_update.j2 b/roles/update_system/templates/last_update.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e3224a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/update_system/templates/last_update.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+ "date": "{{ ansible_date_time.date }}"
+}
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