diff --git a/roles/validations/tasks/edpm/hotfix.yml b/roles/validations/tasks/edpm/hotfix.yml
index 9c3d79e1dc..44ef0deedf 100644
--- a/roles/validations/tasks/edpm/hotfix.yml
+++ b/roles/validations/tasks/edpm/hotfix.yml
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@
 - name: Collect the image currently used by nova_compute on the edpm node
   ansible.builtin.shell:
     cmd: >-
-      set -o pipefail && podman inspect nova_compute | jq '.[].ImageName' | tr -d '"'
-  become: true
+      set -o pipefail && sudo podman inspect nova_compute | jq '.[].ImageName' | tr -d '"'
   delegate_to: "{{ cifmw_validations_edpm_check_node }}"
   register: post_change_nova_compute_image