diff --git a/ansible/roles/watcher/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/watcher/tasks/config.yml
index a634d03db1..2b1688a09c 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/watcher/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/watcher/tasks/config.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     src: "{{ item.key }}.json.j2"
     dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/{{ item.key }}/config.json"
     mode: "0660"
+  become: true
   when:
     - inventory_hostname in groups[item.value.group]
     - item.value.enabled | bool
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@
       - "{{ node_custom_config }}/watcher/{{ inventory_hostname }}/watcher.conf"
     dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/{{ item.key }}/watcher.conf"
     mode: "0660"
+  become: true
   when:
     - inventory_hostname in groups[item.value.group]
     - item.value.enabled | bool
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@
     src: "{{ watcher_policy_file_path }}"
     dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/{{ item.key }}/{{ watcher_policy_file }}"
     mode: "0660"
+  become: true
   when:
     - watcher_policy_file is defined
     - inventory_hostname in groups[item.value.group]