diff --git a/roles/infrastructure/debian_update/tasks/main.yml b/roles/infrastructure/debian_update/tasks/main.yml
index 415caa2..6084d30 100644
--- a/roles/infrastructure/debian_update/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/infrastructure/debian_update/tasks/main.yml
@@ -22,15 +22,13 @@
       {{ apt_upgrade.stdout }}
       {% endif %}
 
-- name: Write summary to file
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    dest: /tmp/apt-upgrade-summary.txt
-    content: "{{ upgrade_summary }}"
-
-- name: Email the upgrade summary
+- name: Email the upgrade summary using Gmail SMTP
   ansible.builtin.mail:
-    host: localhost
-    port: 25
-    to: you@example.com
+    host: smtp.gmail.com
+    port: 587
+    username: "{{ lookup('env', 'SMTP_USER') }}"
+    password: "{{ lookup('env', 'SMTP_PASS') }}"
+    to: "{{ gmail_recipient }}"
     subject: "Debian Package Upgrade Report - {{ inventory_hostname }}"
     body: "{{ upgrade_summary }}"
+    secure: starttls
diff --git a/roles/infrastructure/debian_update/vars/main.yaml b/roles/infrastructure/debian_update/vars/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5e3147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/infrastructure/debian_update/vars/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+gmail_recipient: "phlux@ewnix.net"