diff --git a/ansible/pre-deploy.yml b/ansible/pre-deploy.yml
index 5b27ceb..14b4518 100644
--- a/ansible/pre-deploy.yml
+++ b/ansible/pre-deploy.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
         dest: /app/gitea/gitea
         owner: gitea
         group: gitea
+      become: true
 
     - name: Get uid/guid of the gitea user
       getent: