diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 29514ea815..24354e74bb 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
   - cron
 
 - name: bodhi-clean-old-composes cron job.
-  cron: name="bodhi-clean-old-composes" hour="03" minute="03" user="apache"
+  cron: name="bodhi-clean-old-composes" hour="03" minute="03" user="root"
         job="/usr/bin/bodhi-clean-old-composes 2>&1 | logger -t bodhi-clean-old-composes"
         cron_file=bodhi-clean-old-composes
   tags: