diff --git a/playbooks/airship-airshipctl-update-github-issues.yaml b/playbooks/airship-airshipctl-update-github-issues.yaml
index e474ee8d6..86602e53d 100644
--- a/playbooks/airship-airshipctl-update-github-issues.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/airship-airshipctl-update-github-issues.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
         name:
         - python3-setuptools
         state: present
+      become: yes
 
     - name: Install script dependencies
       pip: