diff --git a/roles/container-engine/crictl/tasks/crictl.yml b/roles/container-engine/crictl/tasks/crictl.yml
index b98875e5d..134c054b2 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/crictl/tasks/crictl.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/crictl/tasks/crictl.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   template:
     src: crictl.yaml.j2
     dest: /etc/crictl.yaml
-    owner: bin
+    owner: root
     mode: 0644
 
 - name: Copy crictl binary from download dir