diff --git a/roles/releng/tasks/main.yml b/roles/releng/tasks/main.yml
index b34e12d7c5..5f8829bc48 100644
--- a/roles/releng/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/releng/tasks/main.yml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
   template: src=mash.conf dest=/etc/mash/mash.conf
 
 - name: /etc/koji/koji.conf
-  action: copy src="{{ files }}//../roles/koji_builder/files/koji.conf" dest=/etc/koji.conf
+  template: src="{{ files }}//../roles/koji_builder/files/koji.conf" dest=/etc/koji.conf
 
 # mock configs
 - name: put extra special  mock configs in