diff --git a/playbooks/manual/releng-emergency-expire-old-repo.yml b/playbooks/manual/releng-emergency-expire-old-repo.yml
index 94d247feb8..2635b3c620 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/releng-emergency-expire-old-repo.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/releng-emergency-expire-old-repo.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 - name: Expire old repo files
   hosts: mm-backend01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
-  user: root
+  user: mirrormanager
   gather_facts: False
 
   vars_files: