diff --git a/roles/fail2ban/README.md b/roles/fail2ban/README.md
index 2b0066e..911da51 100644
--- a/roles/fail2ban/README.md
+++ b/roles/fail2ban/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Bans brute-force sources via UFW. Reads logs from the systemd journal (`backend
 ## Notes
 
 - Logs to the journal (`logtarget = STDOUT` in `fail2ban.local`) — see `journalctl -u fail2ban`.
-- The systemd unit is hardened (`ProtectSystem=strict`); the drop-in lives at `/etc/systemd/system/fail2ban.service.d/override.conf` and is fully managed by the role.
+- The systemd unit is hardened (`ProtectSystem=full`); the drop-in lives at `/etc/systemd/system/fail2ban.service.d/override.conf` and is fully managed by the role.
 - Firewall/banaction is UFW on every host; jails ban via `ufw prepend reject`.
 
 ## Variables
diff --git a/roles/fail2ban/templates/hardened.fail2ban.conf.j2 b/roles/fail2ban/templates/hardened.fail2ban.conf.j2
index 26162e9..9860429 100644
--- a/roles/fail2ban/templates/hardened.fail2ban.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/fail2ban/templates/hardened.fail2ban.conf.j2
@@ -2,12 +2,8 @@
 PrivateDevices=yes
 PrivateTmp=yes
 ProtectHome=read-only
-ProtectSystem=strict
+ProtectSystem=full
 RuntimeDirectory=fail2ban
 RuntimeDirectoryMode=0750
-ReadWritePaths=-/var/lib/fail2ban
-ReadWritePaths=-/var/spool/postfix/maildrop
-ReadWritePaths=-/run/xtables.lock
 ReadWritePaths=-/etc/ufw
-ReadWritePaths=-/var/lib/ufw
 CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_AUDIT_READ CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_NET_RAW