diff --git a/deployment/octavia/octavia-deployment-config.j2.yaml b/deployment/octavia/octavia-deployment-config.j2.yaml
index 114038ec99..4a4659dc1b 100644
--- a/deployment/octavia/octavia-deployment-config.j2.yaml
+++ b/deployment/octavia/octavia-deployment-config.j2.yaml
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ outputs:
                 ANSIBLE_LOG_PATH:  "{{ octavia_log_dir }}/octavia-ansible.log"
               shell:  "{{ config_octavia_cmd }}"
             - name: Purge temp dirs
+              become: true
               file:
                 state: absent
                 path: "{{ item }}"