diff --git a/tasks/fedmsg_base.yml b/tasks/fedmsg_base.yml
index 99e0e15b17..ebf1f1feb1 100644
--- a/tasks/fedmsg_base.yml
+++ b/tasks/fedmsg_base.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   - config
 
 - name: install fedmsg ca.cert
-  file: src=$puppet_private/fedmsg-certs/keys/ca.crt dest=/etc/pki/fedmsg/ca.crt owner=root group=root mode=0644
+  copy: src=$puppet_private/fedmsg-certs/keys/ca.crt dest=/etc/pki/fedmsg/ca.crt owner=root group=root mode=0644
   tags:
   - config