diff --git a/roles/web-app-keycloak/tasks/update/07_userprofile.yml b/roles/web-app-keycloak/tasks/update/07_userprofile.yml
index 75d0e739..87932386 100644
--- a/roles/web-app-keycloak/tasks/update/07_userprofile.yml
+++ b/roles/web-app-keycloak/tasks/update/07_userprofile.yml
@@ -2,47 +2,20 @@
 # Update the Declarative User Profile provider using the configuration
 # from KEYCLOAK_DICTIONARY_REALM.components (same pattern as LDAP).
 
-- name: "Extract UserProfileProvider component from realm dictionary"
-  set_fact:
-    kc_userprofile_tpl: >-
-      {{
-        KEYCLOAK_DICTIONARY_REALM.components['org.keycloak.userprofile.UserProfileProvider']
-        | list | first | default({})
-      }}
-
-- name: "Sanity check: UserProfileProvider exists in dictionary"
-  assert:
-    that:
-      - kc_userprofile_tpl | length > 0
-    fail_msg: "UserProfileProvider component not found in KEYCLOAK_DICTIONARY_REALM."
-  when: MODE_ASSERT | bool
-
-- name: "Resolve UserProfileProvider component ID"
-  shell: >
-    {{ KEYCLOAK_EXEC_KCADM }} get components
-    -r {{ KEYCLOAK_REALM }} --format json
-    | jq -r '
-        map(
-          select(
-            .providerType == "org.keycloak.userprofile.UserProfileProvider"
-            and .providerId  == "declarative-user-profile"
-          )
-        )
-        | .[0].id // ""
-      '
-  register: kc_userprofile_id
-  changed_when: false
-
 - name: "Update UserProfileProvider component (merge kc.user.profile.config)"
   keycloak_kcadm_update:
-    object_kind: "component"
-    lookup_field: "id"
-    lookup_value: "{{ kc_userprofile_id.stdout | trim }}"
-    desired: "{{ kc_userprofile_tpl }}"
+    object_kind: "component"                     # <-- singular, as in your module choices
+    lookup_field: "providerId"                   # or "name", both are "declarative-user-profile"
+    lookup_value: "declarative-user-profile"
+    desired: "{{ KEYCLOAK_USER_PROFILE_CONFIG_PAYLOAD }}"   # <-- REQUIRED
     merge_path: "config"
     kcadm_exec: "{{ KEYCLOAK_EXEC_KCADM }}"
     realm: "{{ KEYCLOAK_REALM }}"
     assert_mode: "{{ MODE_ASSERT }}"
+    force_attrs:
+      parentId: "{{ KEYCLOAK_REALM }}"
+      providerType: "org.keycloak.userprofile.UserProfileProvider"
+      providerId: "declarative-user-profile"
   no_log: "{{ MASK_CREDENTIALS_IN_LOGS | bool }}"
   async: "{{ ASYNC_TIME if ASYNC_ENABLED | bool else omit }}"
-  poll:  "{{ ASYNC_POLL if ASYNC_ENABLED | bool else omit }}"
+  poll: "{{ ASYNC_POLL if ASYNC_ENABLED | bool else omit }}"
diff --git a/roles/web-app-keycloak/vars/main.yml b/roles/web-app-keycloak/vars/main.yml
index 4f4dab6f..5875e4da 100644
--- a/roles/web-app-keycloak/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/web-app-keycloak/vars/main.yml
@@ -94,3 +94,25 @@ KEYCLOAK_DICTIONARY_REALM: >-
       if (KEYCLOAK_DICTIONARY_REALM_RAW is mapping)
       else (KEYCLOAK_DICTIONARY_REALM_RAW | from_json)
   }}
+
+# Parsed user profile object from the realm template
+KEYCLOAK_USER_PROFILE_OBJECT: >-
+  {{
+    (
+      KEYCLOAK_DICTIONARY_REALM.components['org.keycloak.userprofile.UserProfileProvider']
+      | first
+    )['config']['kc.user.profile.config'][0]
+    | from_json
+  }}
+
+# Payload we actually want to merge into the component's config
+KEYCLOAK_USER_PROFILE_CONFIG_PAYLOAD: >-
+  {{
+    {
+      'config': {
+        'kc.user.profile.config': [
+          KEYCLOAK_USER_PROFILE_OBJECT | to_json
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  }}
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