diff --git a/roles/install/tasks/main.yml b/roles/install/tasks/main.yml
index 9a105fe..7677c6c 100644
--- a/roles/install/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/install/tasks/main.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 - name: Create group for managing rootless Podman environments
   ansible.builtin.group:
     name: "{{ sce_cfg_group }}"
+    system: true
     state: present
 
 - name: Add config management (Ansible) user to the rootless Podman managing group