diff --git a/roles/ceph-iscsi-gw/tasks/deploy_ssl_keys.yml b/roles/ceph-iscsi-gw/tasks/deploy_ssl_keys.yml
index ae3456818..b89dde99f 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-iscsi-gw/tasks/deploy_ssl_keys.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-iscsi-gw/tasks/deploy_ssl_keys.yml
@@ -57,5 +57,6 @@
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: 0400
+  become: true
   changed_when: false
   with_items: "{{ crt_files }}"