diff --git a/molecule/resources/playbooks/prepare.yml b/molecule/resources/playbooks/prepare.yml
index 9f167831a5c6f74c93e226834d53db6542b37218..3a60934020e5ccdfbaebdfc0f020c764fc2218e4 100644
--- a/molecule/resources/playbooks/prepare.yml
+++ b/molecule/resources/playbooks/prepare.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     - name: create group
       ansible.builtin.group:
         name: "lza"
+      become: true
 
     - name: configure additional package repositories for Debian
       block: