diff --git a/assets/playbooks/db-server-playbook.yml b/assets/playbooks/db-server-playbook.yml
index bcf8b213d705cf742d787b7b0c06213e0f391d6a..bef8219cf6c7d640178922fbafc0cff65ff43f34 100644
--- a/assets/playbooks/db-server-playbook.yml
+++ b/assets/playbooks/db-server-playbook.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
         state: absent
         force: true
         path: "/root/freva-service-config/"
+      become: true
     - name: Pulling container
       become: true
       shell: /usr/local/bin/docker-or-podman pull mariadb:latest
diff --git a/assets/playbooks/solr-server-playbook.yml b/assets/playbooks/solr-server-playbook.yml
index a9785e39e658d825deb96fd59f6074cf10aed3fd..0d62feb96f3caef8809fdac5a4190212d34c011b 100644
--- a/assets/playbooks/solr-server-playbook.yml
+++ b/assets/playbooks/solr-server-playbook.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
         state: absent
         force: true
         path: "/root/freva-service-config/"
+      become: true
     - name: Creating docker network
       shell: >
         /usr/local/bin/docker-or-podman network create "{{ project_name }}";