diff --git a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/local_actions.yml b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/local_actions.yml
index 463263a5..3c89e6ab 100644
--- a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/local_actions.yml
+++ b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/local_actions.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     path: "{{ local_certs_path }}"
   register: certificates_folder
   delegate_to: localhost
+  become: no
   tags:
     - generate-certs
 
@@ -77,7 +78,8 @@
 
   run_once: true
   delegate_to: localhost
+  become: no
   tags:
     - generate-certs
   when:
-    - not certificates_folder.stat.exists
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+    - not certificates_folder.stat.exists