diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
index c2d9966b61..ec77ff5a3f 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   - mirrorlist_proxy
 
 - name: make sure mirrormanager user can write new pkl files
-  file: dest="{{item}}" user=mirrormanager
+  file: dest="{{item}}" owner=mirrormanager group=mirrormanager
   with_items:
   - /srv/mirrorlist/data
   - /srv/mirrorlist/data/mirrorlist1