diff --git a/tasks/configure.yml b/tasks/configure.yml
index 917d727..24f736a 100644
--- a/tasks/configure.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.template:
     src: "{{ item }}"
     dest: "{{ deploy_keepalived_scripts_dir }}/{{ (item | basename) }}"
-    owner: "{{ deploy_keepalived_script_user }}"
+    owner: "root"
     group: "{{ deploy_keepalived_script_user }}"
     mode: "0700"
   with_fileglob:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.template:
     src: "{{ item }}"
     dest: "{{ deploy_keepalived_scripts_dir }}/{{ (item | basename) }}"
-    owner: "{{ deploy_keepalived_script_user }}"
+    owner: "root"
     group: "{{ deploy_keepalived_script_user }}"
     mode: "0700"
   with_fileglob: