diff --git a/roles/confluence_config/tasks/main.yml b/roles/confluence_config/tasks/main.yml
index 32f892f..00854ff 100644
--- a/roles/confluence_config/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/confluence_config/tasks/main.yml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
     owner: "root"
     group: "root"
     mode: "u=rwX,g=rX,o=rX"
-    recurse: true
+    recurse: "{{ item.isdir }}"
   loop: "{{ atl_product_installation_versioned_file_list.files }}"
   changed_when: false  # For Molecule idempotence check
 
diff --git a/roles/crowd_config/tasks/main.yml b/roles/crowd_config/tasks/main.yml
index 669bba7..8b1f8a1 100644
--- a/roles/crowd_config/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/crowd_config/tasks/main.yml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     owner: "root"
     group: "root"
     mode: "u=rwX,g=rX,o=rX"
-    recurse: true
+    recurse: "{{ item.isdir }}"
   loop: "{{ atl_product_installation_versioned_file_list.files + atl_product_installation_versioned_tomcat_file_list.files }}"
   changed_when: false  # For Molecule idempotence check
 
diff --git a/roles/jira_config/tasks/main.yml b/roles/jira_config/tasks/main.yml
index c18383e..c9476a9 100644
--- a/roles/jira_config/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/jira_config/tasks/main.yml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     owner: "root"
     group: "root"
     mode: "u=rwX,g=rX,o=rX"
-    recurse: true
+    recurse: "{{ item.isdir }}"
   loop: "{{ atl_product_installation_versioned_file_list.files }}"
   changed_when: false  # For Molecule idempotence check