diff --git a/tasks/rosetta/install_format_library_xsds.yml b/tasks/rosetta/install_format_library_xsds.yml
index 134c5c6832f04bceb53dd16fac129db7f8dbef08..3a02b32f8666e48f41b4cf36045b5e3e3acb9180 100644
--- a/tasks/rosetta/install_format_library_xsds.yml
+++ b/tasks/rosetta/install_format_library_xsds.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 ---
+- name: install prerequisites for Ansible's `ansible.posix.synchronize` module
+  ansible.builtin.dnf:
+    name: "rsync"
+
 - name: prepare XSD directories
   ansible.builtin.file:
     path: "/{{ item }}"