diff --git a/roles/services/update_gitea/tasks/gitea.yml b/roles/services/update_gitea/tasks/gitea.yml
index 5cac3b1..a1f59c4 100644
--- a/roles/services/update_gitea/tasks/gitea.yml
+++ b/roles/services/update_gitea/tasks/gitea.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
     url: "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/download/v{{ version }}/gitea-{{ version }}-linux-amd64"
     dest: /usr/local/bin/gitea
     mode: '0755'
+    backup: yes
+    force: yes
 
 - name: start gitea service
   service: