diff --git a/tasks/pre_remediation_audit.yml b/tasks/pre_remediation_audit.yml
index 61959fa..250f987 100644
--- a/tasks/pre_remediation_audit.yml
+++ b/tasks/pre_remediation_audit.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     mode: 'go-rwx'
 
 - name: Pre Audit | Run pre_remediation audit {{ benchmark }}  # noqa name[template]
-  ansible.builtin.command: "{{ audit_conf_dir }}/run_audit.sh -v {{ audit_vars_path }} -f {{ audit_format }} -o {{ pre_audit_outfile }} -g \"{{ group_names }}\""  # noqa yaml[line-length]
+  ansible.builtin.shell: "umask 0022 && {{ audit_conf_dir }}/run_audit.sh -v {{ audit_vars_path }} -f {{ audit_format }} -o {{ pre_audit_outfile }} -g \"{{ group_names }}\""  # noqa yaml[line-length]
   changed_when: true
   environment:
     AUDIT_BIN: "{{ audit_bin }}"