diff --git a/deploy.yml b/deploy.yml
index 04ddecf..deb9182 100644
--- a/deploy.yml
+++ b/deploy.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
         src: "{{ service_name }}/"
         dest: /opt/{{ service_name }}/
 
+    - name: Stop existing containers
+      community.docker.docker_compose_v2:
+        project_src: /opt/{{ service_name }}
+        state: absent
+      ignore_errors: yes
+
     - name: Deploy stack
       community.docker.docker_compose_v2:
         project_src: /opt/{{ service_name }}