diff --git a/roles/edpm_telemetry/tasks/deploy_infra.yml b/roles/edpm_telemetry/tasks/deploy_infra.yml
index 14464704c..fcb60f7db 100644
--- a/roles/edpm_telemetry/tasks/deploy_infra.yml
+++ b/roles/edpm_telemetry/tasks/deploy_infra.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     - edpm_telemetry
 
 - name: create systemd service file for node_exporter
+  become: true
   copy:
     dest: "/etc/systemd/system/edpm_node_exporter.service"
     content: |