diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/AdoptOpenJDK_Unix_Playbook/roles/Common/tasks/CentOS.yml b/ansible/playbooks/AdoptOpenJDK_Unix_Playbook/roles/Common/tasks/CentOS.yml
index 99907e2888..5d0732bfc9 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/AdoptOpenJDK_Unix_Playbook/roles/Common/tasks/CentOS.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/AdoptOpenJDK_Unix_Playbook/roles/Common/tasks/CentOS.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     name: epel-release
     state: installed
     update_cache: yes
-    validate_certs: true
+    validate_certs: false
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version != "8"
   tags: patch_update