diff --git a/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/tasks/prepare_aio_config.yml b/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/tasks/prepare_aio_config.yml
index e6db77e75b..cd64cbcf39 100644
--- a/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/tasks/prepare_aio_config.yml
+++ b/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/tasks/prepare_aio_config.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     dest: "/etc/openstack_deploy/{{ bootstrap_host_user_secrets_filename }}"
     config_overrides: "{{ user_secrets_overrides | default({}) }}"
     config_type: "yaml"
+    force: false
   tags:
     - deploy-user-secrets