diff --git a/.ci/ansible/playbook.yml b/.ci/ansible/playbook.yml
index 52f5ebfd0c..5c2887b09d 100644
--- a/.ci/ansible/playbook.yml
+++ b/.ci/ansible/playbook.yml
@@ -70,12 +70,17 @@
     tags:
       - setup-stack
 
-  - name: Start stack
+  - name: Configure stack files
     shell: |
       sed -i '' -e 's,http://elasticsearch,http://{{inventory_hostname}},g' /home/{{ansible_user}}/e2e-testing/cli/config/compose/profiles/fleet/default/kibana.config.yml
       sed -i '' -e 's,http://fleet-server,http://{{inventory_hostname}},g' /home/{{ansible_user}}/e2e-testing/cli/config/compose/profiles/fleet/default/kibana.config.yml
       sed -i '' -e 's,http://package-registry:8080,https://epr-staging.elastic.co,g' /home/{{ansible_user}}/e2e-testing/cli/config/compose/profiles/fleet/default/kibana.config.yml
-      sudo docker-compose -f /home/{{ansible_user}}/e2e-testing/cli/config/compose/profiles/fleet/docker-compose.yml up -d
+    tags:
+      - setup-stack
+
+  - name: Start stack
+    become: true
+    shell: docker-compose -f /home/{{ansible_user}}/e2e-testing/cli/config/compose/profiles/fleet/docker-compose.yml up -d
     tags:
       - setup-stack