diff --git a/apps/accounts/automations/change_secret/manager.py b/apps/accounts/automations/change_secret/manager.py
index c9939f647..adc840c3f 100644
--- a/apps/accounts/automations/change_secret/manager.py
+++ b/apps/accounts/automations/change_secret/manager.py
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ class ChangeSecretManager(AccountBasePlaybookManager):
         kwargs['exclusive'] = 'yes' if kwargs['strategy'] == SSHKeyStrategy.set else 'no'
 
         if kwargs['strategy'] == SSHKeyStrategy.set_jms:
-            kwargs['dest'] = '/home/{}/.ssh/authorized_keys'.format(account.username)
+            username = account.username
+            path = f'/{username}' if username == "root" else f'/home/{username}'
+            kwargs['dest'] = f'{path}/.ssh/authorized_keys'
             kwargs['regexp'] = '.*{}$'.format(secret.split()[2].strip())
         return kwargs