diff --git a/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican-api.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican-api.json.j2
index 8eb678dd67fa8877fe1d38b7d1ecc5d135608439..2b022690dfef23caf3b5d2c1a3a8f3a051ae2b47 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican-api.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican-api.json.j2
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         {
             "source": "{{ container_config_directory }}/barbican.conf",
             "dest": "/etc/barbican/barbican.conf",
-            "owner": "root",
+            "owner": "barbican",
             "perm": "0600"
         }
     ]
diff --git a/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican-keystone-listener.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican-keystone-listener.json.j2
index f9f986b500b4bd290e4b79b94f849a9fca4a0e3a..cb7cb3e210254d6bef02fbbf7c4f848b0301e5ce 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican-keystone-listener.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican-keystone-listener.json.j2
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         {
             "source": "{{ container_config_directory }}/barbican.conf",
             "dest": "/etc/barbican/barbican.conf",
-            "owner": "root",
+            "owner": "barbican",
             "perm": "0600"
         }
     ]
diff --git a/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican-worker.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican-worker.json.j2
index 26c660e7c6fae04d13d66855662f47b1aa7b4cf1..861cd6c7f000bac41e0ee223c2056ac2ac7f50e9 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican-worker.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican-worker.json.j2
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         {
             "source": "{{ container_config_directory }}/barbican.conf",
             "dest": "/etc/barbican/barbican.conf",
-            "owner": "root",
+            "owner": "barbican",
             "perm": "0600"
         }
     ]