diff --git a/infrastructure-playbooks/lv-teardown.yml b/infrastructure-playbooks/lv-teardown.yml
index 183d284d4..d443ecb68 100644
--- a/infrastructure-playbooks/lv-teardown.yml
+++ b/infrastructure-playbooks/lv-teardown.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 - name: tear down existing osd filesystems then logical volumes, volume groups, and physical volumes
+  become: true
   hosts:
   - osds