diff --git a/build/ansible/roles/cloud-node/tasks/main.yml b/build/ansible/roles/cloud-node/tasks/main.yml
index 2a0305fc36..fb3035bd6e 100644
--- a/build/ansible/roles/cloud-node/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/build/ansible/roles/cloud-node/tasks/main.yml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 - name: change cloud user EL9      | Change cloud user
   when: create_admin == "true" and (ansible_distribution == 'OracleLinux' or ansible_distribution == 'AlmaLinux') and ansible_distribution_major_version == '9'
   replace:
-    dest: /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg
+    dest: /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/00_ol-default-user.cfg
     regexp: "name: ec2-user"
     replace: "name: admin"