diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
index 9ce8ba71d5..bd38124246 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
   command: podman pull -q  "{{ mirrorlist_container_image }}"
   tags:
   - mirrorlist_proxy
-  check_mode: no
+  check_mode: yes
 
 # We deploy two service files. Both listen on a different port, so that we can switch
 # them out as part of the pkl deployment without having any local downtime.