diff --git a/roles/apache/defaults/main.yml b/roles/apache/defaults/main.yml
index 1e868ec..c38bc6e 100644
--- a/roles/apache/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/apache/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apache_mpm: prefork
+apache_mpm: event
 apache_keep_num_logs: 4
 apache_max_log_size: 256M
 apache_ssl_protocol: