diff --git a/playbook.yml b/playbook.yml
index 0b42433..b0842ed 100644
--- a/playbook.yml
+++ b/playbook.yml
@@ -667,6 +667,7 @@
         file:
           path: "{{ yubikey_touch_detector_build_tempdir.path }}"
           state: absent
+        become: true
         when: not yubikey_touch_detector_binary.stat.exists
 
       when: distro == 'ubuntu'