diff --git a/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
index df82790339..489f34c245 100644
--- a/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
 
 - name: create the fulltext index dir
   file: path="{{ mailman_webui_basedir }}/fulltext_index"
-        state=directory owner=mailman group=mailman mode=0755
+        state=directory owner=apache group=apache mode=0755
 
 - name: create the hyperkitty static files dir
   file: path="{{ mailman_webui_basedir }}/static"