diff --git a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/local_actions.yml b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/local_actions.yml
index ae9d6a32..463263a5 100644
--- a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/local_actions.yml
+++ b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/local_actions.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
     path: "{{ local_certs_path }}"
   register: certificates_folder
   delegate_to: localhost
+  tags:
+    - generate-certs
+
 
 - block: