diff --git a/playbooks/roles/nginx/tasks/main/repo_setup.yaml b/playbooks/roles/nginx/tasks/main/repo_setup.yaml
index d389799..d563821 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/nginx/tasks/main/repo_setup.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/nginx/tasks/main/repo_setup.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: "0644"
+  become: true
 
 - name: Flush handlers to make sure "apt-get update" handler runs, if needed
   ansible.builtin.meta: flush_handlers