diff --git a/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml b/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml
index 5ef9fa4699..fef258ab66 100644
--- a/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
   when: env == "staging"
 
 - name: kojira log dir
-  file: dest=/var/log/kojira owner=apache group=apache mode=0750 state=directory
+  file: dest=/var/log/kojira owner=root group=root mode=0750 state=directory
   tags:
   - config
   - koji_hub