diff --git a/build/ci/rhel-ansible/playbook.yaml b/build/ci/rhel-ansible/playbook.yaml
index a443e5f9d06b2..2268e0e47c9b3 100644
--- a/build/ci/rhel-ansible/playbook.yaml
+++ b/build/ci/rhel-ansible/playbook.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - name: Building rhel9-milvus
   hosts: test_environments
-  remote_user: ec2-user
-  become: true
+  remote_user: root
   gather_facts: false
 
 # THIS RUNS ON RHEL AMI AS BUILDER FOR SUBMAN
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@
 
   - name: remove podman for clean docker install
     ansible.builtin.shell: |
-      sudo dnf -y remove \
+      dnf -y remove \
         docker \
         docker-client \
         docker-client-latest \
@@ -41,10 +40,10 @@
     poll: 0
     register: docker_install_result
     ansible.builtin.shell: |
-      sudo yum install -y yum-utils
-      sudo yum-config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/rhel/docker-ce.repo
-      sudo yum install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
-      sudo systemctl start docker
+      yum install -y yum-utils
+      yum-config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/rhel/docker-ce.repo
+      yum install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
+      systemctl start docker
 
   - name: Check on downloading docker + docker tools
     async_status:
@@ -66,10 +65,10 @@
       export ARCH=$(uname -m)
       if [[ "$ARCH" == "arm64" ]] || [[ "$ARCH" == "aarch64" ]]; then
         curl -sLO https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.28.0/docker-compose-linux-aarch64
-        sudo mv /tmp/docker-compose-linux-aarch64 /usr/bin/docker-compose
+        mv /tmp/docker-compose-linux-aarch64 /usr/bin/docker-compose
       elif [[ "$ARCH" == "amd64" ]] || [[ "$ARCH" == "x86_64" ]]; then
         curl -sLO https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.28.0/docker-compose-linux-x86_64
-        sudo mv /tmp/docker-compose-linux-x86_64 /usr/bin/docker-compose
+        mv /tmp/docker-compose-linux-x86_64 /usr/bin/docker-compose
       fi
       chmod +x /usr/bin/docker-compose
 
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@
   - name: Clone Git repository
     ansible.builtin.git:
       repo: https://github.com/redhat-et/milvus.git
-      dest: "/home/ec2-user/milvus"
+      dest: "/root/milvus"
       version: "rhel9-milvus"  
       clone: yes
       update: yes
@@ -96,12 +95,12 @@
     poll: 0
     register: builder_result
     become: true
-    
+
     ansible.builtin.shell: |
       set -x
-      cd /home/ec2-user/milvus/
+      cd /root/milvus/
       ./build/builder.sh make install
-      ls -al /home/ec2-user/milvus/
+      ls -al /root/milvus/
       set +x
 
   - name: Check on the builder image
@@ -117,12 +116,12 @@
     poll: 0
     register: milvus_result
     ansible.builtin.shell: |
-      cd /home/ec2-user/milvus
-      ls -al /home/ec2-user/milvus
-      mv /home/ec2-user/milvus/bin /home/ec2-user/milvus/build/docker/milvus/rhel9/
-      mv /home/ec2-user/milvus/configs /home/ec2-user/milvus/build/docker/milvus/rhel9/
-      mv /home/ec2-user/milvus/lib /home/ec2-user/milvus/build/docker/milvus/rhel9/
-      sudo su && /home/ec2-user/milvus/build/build_image.sh make
+      cd /root/milvus
+      ls -al /root/milvus
+      mv /root/milvus/bin /root/milvus/build/docker/milvus/rhel9/
+      mv /root/milvus/configs /root/milvus/build/docker/milvus/rhel9/
+      mv /root/milvus/lib /root/milvus/build/docker/milvus/rhel9/
+      /root/milvus/build/build_image.sh make
 
   - name: Check on the milvus image
     async_status:
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@
 
   - name: log docker images
     ansible.builtin.shell: |
-      sudo su && docker images
+      docker images
   
   - name: DEBUG - sleep
     ansible.builtin.shell: |