diff --git a/roles/fas2discourse/tasks/create-keytab-secret.yml b/roles/fas2discourse/tasks/create-keytab-secret.yml
index 3be226b627..c94ca22218 100644
--- a/roles/fas2discourse/tasks/create-keytab-secret.yml
+++ b/roles/fas2discourse/tasks/create-keytab-secret.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 # generate the templates for project to be created
 - name: create the templates
   ansible.builtin.copy:
-    remote_src: "/etc/openshift_apps/fas2discourse/fas2discourse{{ env_suffix }}-keytab.kt"
+    src: "/etc/openshift_apps/fas2discourse/fas2discourse{{ env_suffix }}-keytab.kt"
     dest: "/root/ocp4/openshift-apps/fas2discourse-operator/fas2discourse-keytab.kt"
+    remote_src: True
     mode: 0600
 
 # generate the templates for project to be created