diff --git a/roles/batcave/tasks/main.yml b/roles/batcave/tasks/main.yml
index 2f391c4323..b0570d1f76 100644
--- a/roles/batcave/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/batcave/tasks/main.yml
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@
   - selinux
 
 - name: put in place namespace.conf file
-  copy: src=namespace.conf dest=/etc/security/namespace.conf mode=644 user=root group=root
+  copy: src=namespace.conf dest=/etc/security/namespace.conf mode=644 owner=root group=root
   tags:
   - config
   - batcave