diff --git a/infrastructure-playbooks/rolling_update.yml b/infrastructure-playbooks/rolling_update.yml
index 7fa3fe345..eb2f00035 100644
--- a/infrastructure-playbooks/rolling_update.yml
+++ b/infrastructure-playbooks/rolling_update.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 - name: confirm whether user really meant to upgrade the cluster
   hosts: localhost
+  become: false
   vars:
     - mgr_group_name: mgrs