diff --git a/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/koji.yml b/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/koji.yml
index 03d425c37c..21ba348f66 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/koji.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/koji.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
   tasks:
   - template: src=templates/koji-reset-staging.sql dest=/var/lib/pgsql/koji-reset-staging.sql
 
+  - postgresql_user: name=koji password={{ kojiPassword }}
   - postgresql_db: name=koji state=absent
   - postgresql_db: name=koji owner=koji
 # buildroot_listing is excluded from the sync to save some time