diff --git a/tasks/rosetta/configure_rosetta_prerequisites.yml b/tasks/rosetta/configure_rosetta_prerequisites.yml
index 5a5c9b3e34302ad2fb5563acbf3ff0fd22efbebc..ecba1fa15b402af5ed00b7ddb18efcf8bb171aa7 100644
--- a/tasks/rosetta/configure_rosetta_prerequisites.yml
+++ b/tasks/rosetta/configure_rosetta_prerequisites.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     src: "/exlibris/dps/d4_1/system.dir/conf/global.properties"
     dest: "/exlibris/dps/d4_1/system.dir/conf/global.properties_ANSIBLE_BAK_{{ ansible_date_time.iso8601 }}"
     remote_src: true
+    mode: "preserve"
   when: stat.stat.isreg is true