diff --git a/test/integration/targets/zypper/tasks/zypper.yml b/test/integration/targets/zypper/tasks/zypper.yml
index e7b97611c08..1df430f54fd 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/zypper/tasks/zypper.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/zypper/tasks/zypper.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
+- name: get hello package version
+  shell: zypper --xml se -svx hello | grep 'name="hello"' | sed 's/.*edition="\([^ ]*\)".*/\1/'
+  register: hello_version
+
+- name: set URL of test package
+  set_fact:
+    hello_package_url: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/{{ ansible_distribution_version }}/repo/oss/suse/x86_64/hello-{{hello_version.stdout}}.x86_64.rpm
+
+- debug: var=hello_package_url
+
 # UNINSTALL
 - name: uninstall hello
-  zypper: name=hello state=removed
+  zypper:
+    name: hello
+    state: removed
   register: zypper_result
 
 - name: check hello with rpm
@@ -19,7 +31,9 @@
 
 # UNINSTALL AGAIN
 - name: uninstall hello again
-  zypper: name=hello state=removed
+  zypper:
+    name: hello
+    state: removed
   register: zypper_result
 
 - name: verify no change on re-uninstall
@@ -29,7 +43,9 @@
 
 # INSTALL
 - name: install hello
-  zypper: name=hello state=present
+  zypper:
+    name: hello
+    state: present
   register: zypper_result
 
 - name: check hello with rpm
@@ -49,7 +65,9 @@
 
 # INSTALL AGAIN
 - name: install hello again
-  zypper: name=hello state=present
+  zypper:
+    name: hello
+    state: present
   register: zypper_result
 
 - name: verify no change on second install
@@ -117,7 +135,9 @@
 
 # INSTALL nonexistent package
 - name: install hello from url
-  zypper: name=doesnotexist state=present
+  zypper:
+    name: doesnotexist
+    state: present
   register: zypper_result
   ignore_errors: yes
 
@@ -140,8 +160,8 @@
 
 - name: install broken rpm
   zypper:
-    name="{{output_dir | expanduser}}/zypper1/broken.rpm"
-    state=present
+    name: "{{output_dir | expanduser}}/zypper1/broken.rpm"
+    state: present
   register: zypper_result
   ignore_errors: yes
 
@@ -230,25 +250,31 @@
   register: zypper_res1
 
 - name: install and remove again, leave out plus
-  zypper: name={{item}} state=present
-  with_items:
-    - metamail
-    - -hello
+  zypper:
+    name:
+      - metamail
+      - -hello
+    state: present
   register: zypper_res1a
 
 - name: in and rm swapped
-  zypper: name={{item}} state=present
-  with_items:
-    - -metamail
-    - hello
+  zypper:
+    name:
+      - -metamail
+      - hello
+    state: present
   register: zypper_res1b
 
 - name: install metamail
-  zypper: name=metamail state=absent
+  zypper:
+    name: metamail
+    state: absent
   register: zypper_res2
 
 - name: remove hello
-  zypper: name=hello state=present
+  zypper:
+    name: hello
+    state: present
   register: zypper_res3
 
 - name: verify simultaneous install/remove worked
@@ -263,10 +289,11 @@
 
 
 - name: install and remove with state=absent
-  zypper: name={{item}} state=absent
-  with_items:
-    - metamail
-    - +hello
+  zypper:
+    name:
+      - metamail
+      - +hello
+    state: absent
   register: zypper_res
   ignore_errors: yes
 
@@ -274,10 +301,13 @@
   assert:
     that:
       - zypper_res is failed
-      - zypper_res.results[0].msg == "Can not combine '+' prefix with state=remove/absent."
+      - zypper_res.msg == "Can not combine '+' prefix with state=remove/absent."
 
 - name: try rm patch
-  zypper: name=openSUSE-2016-128 type=patch state=absent
+  zypper:
+    name: openSUSE-2016-128 
+    type: patch
+    state: absent
   ignore_errors: yes
   register: zypper_patch
 - assert:
@@ -286,7 +316,9 @@
       - zypper_patch.msg.startswith('Can not remove patches.')
 
 - name: try rm URL
-  zypper: name=http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Leap:/{{ ansible_distribution_version }}/standard/x86_64/hello-2.9-6.2.x86_64.rpm state=absent
+  zypper:
+    name: "{{ hello_package_url }}"
+    state: absent
   ignore_errors: yes
   register: zypper_rm
 - assert:
@@ -294,6 +326,54 @@
       - zypper_rm is failed
       - zypper_rm.msg.startswith('Can not remove via URL.')
 
+- name: remove pattern update_test
+  zypper:
+    name: update_test
+    type: pattern
+    state: absent
+
+- name: install pattern update_test
+  zypper:
+    name: update_test
+    type: pattern
+    state: present
+  register: zypper_install_pattern1
+  
+- name: install pattern update_test again
+  zypper:
+    name: update_test
+    type: pattern
+    state: present
+  register: zypper_install_pattern2
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - zypper_install_pattern1 is changed
+      - zypper_install_pattern2 is not changed
+
+- name: remove hello
+  zypper:
+    name: hello
+    state: absent
+
+- name: install via URL
+  zypper:
+    state: present
+    name: "{{ hello_package_url }}"
+  register: zypperin1
+
+- name: test install
+  zypper:
+    name: hello
+    state: present
+  register: zypperin2
+  
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - zypperin1 is succeeded
+      - zypperin1 is changed
+      - zypperin2 is not changed
+
 # check for https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/20139
 - name: run updatecache
   zypper: