diff --git a/roles/xos-vm-install/files/xos-setup-cord-pod-playbook.yml b/roles/xos-vm-install/files/xos-setup-cord-pod-playbook.yml
index ce913e8..68a86ad 100644
--- a/roles/xos-vm-install/files/xos-setup-cord-pod-playbook.yml
+++ b/roles/xos-vm-install/files/xos-setup-cord-pod-playbook.yml
@@ -51,5 +51,6 @@
         dest={{ xos_repo_dest }}/xos/configurations/{{ xos_configuration }}/node_key
 
     - name: Pull docker images for XOS
+      become: yes
       command: docker-compose pull chdir="{{ xos_repo_dest }}/xos/configurations/{{ xos_configuration }}"