diff --git a/roles/download/tasks/download_file.yml b/roles/download/tasks/download_file.yml
index 0522a48df..ae3a4e9ea 100644
--- a/roles/download/tasks/download_file.yml
+++ b/roles/download/tasks/download_file.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
   - name: Download_file | Create dest directory on node
     file:
       path: "{{ download.dest | dirname }}"
-      owner: "{{ download.owner | default(omit) }}"
       mode: "0755"
       state: directory
 
@@ -59,8 +58,7 @@
     get_url:
       url: "{{ download.url }}"
       dest: "{{ file_path_cached if download_force_cache else download.dest }}"
-      owner: "{{ omit if download_localhost else (download.owner | default(omit)) }}"
-      mode: "{{ omit if download_localhost else (download.mode | default(omit)) }}"
+      mode: "0644"
       checksum: "{{ download.checksum }}"
       validate_certs: "{{ download_validate_certs }}"
       url_username: "{{ download.username | default(omit) }}"
@@ -96,6 +94,8 @@
       dest: "{{ download.dest }}"
       use_ssh_args: true
       mode: push
+      owner: false
+      group: false
     register: get_task
     until: get_task is succeeded
     delay: "{{ retry_stagger | random + 3 }}"
@@ -103,13 +103,5 @@
     when:
     - download_force_cache
 
-  - name: Download_file | Set mode and owner
-    file:
-      path: "{{ download.dest }}"
-      mode: "{{ download.mode | default(omit) }}"
-      owner: "{{ download.owner | default(omit) }}"
-    when:
-    - download_force_cache
-
   - name: "Download_file | Extract file archives"
     include_tasks: "extract_file.yml"
diff --git a/roles/download/tasks/extract_file.yml b/roles/download/tasks/extract_file.yml
index fbe478ccf..2494b815e 100644
--- a/roles/download/tasks/extract_file.yml
+++ b/roles/download/tasks/extract_file.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   unarchive:
     src: "{{ download.dest }}"
     dest: "{{ download.dest | dirname }}"
-    owner: "{{ download.owner | default(omit) }}"
-    mode: "{{ download.mode | default(omit) }}"
+    mode: "a-x,u=rwX,go=rX"
+    # directory: 0755, file: 0644
     remote_src: true
     extra_opts: "{{ download.unarchive_extra_opts | default(omit) }}"
   when:
diff --git a/roles/download/tasks/prep_download.yml b/roles/download/tasks/prep_download.yml
index e66e930a5..502238f0e 100644
--- a/roles/download/tasks/prep_download.yml
+++ b/roles/download/tasks/prep_download.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
     path: "{{ local_release_dir }}/images"
     state: directory
     mode: "0755"
-    owner: "{{ ansible_ssh_user | default(ansible_user_id) }}"
   when:
     - ansible_os_family != "Flatcar"
 
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/argocd/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/argocd/tasks/main.yml
index 9f5dd52fc..f40228836 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/argocd/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/argocd/tasks/main.yml
@@ -5,14 +5,11 @@
     download: "{{ download_defaults | combine(downloads.yq) }}"
 
 - name: Kubernetes Apps | Copy yq binary from download dir
-  ansible.posix.synchronize:
+  copy:
     src: "{{ downloads.yq.dest }}"
     dest: "{{ bin_dir }}/yq"
-    compress: false
-    perms: true
-    owner: false
-    group: false
-  delegate_to: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
+    mode: "0755"
+    remote_src: true
 
 - name: Kubernetes Apps | Set ArgoCD template list
   set_fact:
diff --git a/roles/kubespray_defaults/defaults/main/download.yml b/roles/kubespray_defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
index e5a422c56..05b3a15ba 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray_defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
+++ b/roles/kubespray_defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
@@ -379,8 +379,6 @@ downloads:
     checksum: "{{ etcd_binary_checksum }}"
     url: "{{ etcd_download_url }}"
     unarchive: true
-    owner: "root"
-    mode: "0755"
     groups:
       - etcd
 
@@ -398,8 +396,6 @@ downloads:
     checksum: "{{ cni_binary_checksum }}"
     url: "{{ cni_download_url }}"
     unarchive: false
-    owner: "root"
-    mode: "0755"
     groups:
       - k8s_cluster
 
@@ -410,8 +406,6 @@ downloads:
     checksum: "{{ kubeadm_binary_checksum }}"
     url: "{{ kubeadm_download_url }}"
     unarchive: false
-    owner: "root"
-    mode: "0755"
     groups:
       - k8s_cluster
 
@@ -422,8 +416,6 @@ downloads:
     checksum: "{{ kubelet_binary_checksum }}"
     url: "{{ kubelet_download_url }}"
     unarchive: false
-    owner: "root"
-    mode: "0755"
     groups:
       - k8s_cluster
 
@@ -434,8 +426,6 @@ downloads:
     checksum: "{{ kubectl_binary_checksum }}"
     url: "{{ kubectl_download_url }}"
     unarchive: false
-    owner: "root"
-    mode: "0755"
     groups:
       - kube_control_plane
 
@@ -446,8 +436,6 @@ downloads:
     checksum: "{{ crictl_binary_checksum }}"
     url: "{{ crictl_download_url }}"
     unarchive: true
-    owner: "root"
-    mode: "0755"
     groups:
       - k8s_cluster
 
@@ -458,8 +446,6 @@ downloads:
     checksum: "{{ crio_archive_checksum }}"
     url: "{{ crio_download_url }}"
     unarchive: true
-    owner: "root"
-    mode: "0755"
     groups:
       - k8s_cluster
 
@@ -472,8 +458,6 @@ downloads:
     unarchive: true
     unarchive_extra_opts:
       - --strip=1
-    owner: "root"
-    mode: "0755"
     groups:
       - k8s_cluster
 
@@ -484,8 +468,6 @@ downloads:
     checksum: "{{ crun_binary_checksum }}"
     url: "{{ crun_download_url }}"
     unarchive: false
-    owner: "root"
-    mode: "0755"
     groups:
       - k8s_cluster
 
@@ -496,8 +478,6 @@ downloads:
     checksum: "{{ youki_archive_checksum }}"
     url: "{{ youki_download_url }}"
     unarchive: true
-    owner: "root"
-    mode: "0755"
     groups:
       - k8s_cluster
 
@@ -508,8 +488,6 @@ downloads:
     checksum: "{{ runc_binary_checksum }}"
     url: "{{ runc_download_url }}"
     unarchive: false
-    owner: "root"
-    mode: "0755"
     groups:
       - k8s_cluster
 
@@ -520,8 +498,6 @@ downloads:
     checksum: "{{ kata_containers_binary_checksum }}"
     url: "{{ kata_containers_download_url }}"
     unarchive: false
-    owner: "root"
-    mode: "0755"
     groups:
       - k8s_cluster
 
@@ -532,8 +508,6 @@ downloads:
     checksum: "{{ containerd_checksum }}"
     url: "{{ containerd_download_url }}"
     unarchive: false
-    owner: "root"
-    mode: "0755"
     groups:
       - k8s_cluster
 
@@ -544,8 +518,6 @@ downloads:
     checksum: "{{ gvisor_runsc_binary_checksum }}"
     url: "{{ gvisor_runsc_download_url }}"
     unarchive: false
-    owner: "root"
-    mode: 755
     groups:
       - k8s_cluster
 
@@ -556,8 +528,6 @@ downloads:
     checksum: "{{ gvisor_containerd_shim_binary_checksum }}"
     url: "{{ gvisor_containerd_shim_runsc_download_url }}"
     unarchive: false
-    owner: "root"
-    mode: 755
     groups:
       - k8s_cluster
 
@@ -568,8 +538,6 @@ downloads:
     checksum: "{{ nerdctl_archive_checksum }}"
     url: "{{ nerdctl_download_url }}"
     unarchive: true
-    owner: "root"
-    mode: "0755"
     groups:
       - k8s_cluster
 
@@ -580,8 +548,6 @@ downloads:
     checksum: "{{ skopeo_binary_checksum }}"
     url: "{{ skopeo_download_url }}"
     unarchive: false
-    owner: "root"
-    mode: "0755"
     groups:
       - kube_control_plane
 
@@ -641,8 +607,6 @@ downloads:
     checksum: "{{ ciliumcli_binary_checksum }}"
     url: "{{ ciliumcli_download_url }}"
     unarchive: true
-    owner: "root"
-    mode: "0755"
     groups:
       - k8s_cluster
 
@@ -674,8 +638,6 @@ downloads:
     checksum: "{{ calicoctl_binary_checksum }}"
     url: "{{ calicoctl_download_url }}"
     unarchive: false
-    owner: "root"
-    mode: "0755"
     groups:
       - k8s_cluster
 
@@ -720,8 +682,6 @@ downloads:
     dest: "{{ local_release_dir }}/calico-{{ calico_version }}-kdd-crds.yaml"
     checksum: "{{ calico_crds_checksums.no_arch[calico_version] }}"
     url: "{{ calico_crds_download_url }}"
-    owner: "root"
-    mode: "0755"
     groups:
       - kube_control_plane
 
@@ -795,8 +755,6 @@ downloads:
     checksum: "{{ helm_archive_checksum }}"
     url: "{{ helm_download_url }}"
     unarchive: true
-    owner: "root"
-    mode: "0755"
     groups:
       - kube_control_plane
 
@@ -863,8 +821,6 @@ downloads:
     dest: "{{ local_release_dir }}/gateway-api-{{ gateway_api_channel }}-install.yaml"
     checksum: "{{ lookup('vars', 'gateway_api_' + gateway_api_channel + '_crds_checksums').no_arch[gateway_api_version] }}"
     url: "{{ gateway_api_crds_download_url }}"
-    owner: "root"
-    mode: "0755"
     groups:
       - kube_control_plane
 
@@ -875,8 +831,6 @@ downloads:
     dest: "{{ local_release_dir }}/prometheus-operator-crds.yaml"
     checksum: "{{ prometheus_operator_crds_checksums.no_arch[prometheus_operator_crds_version] }}"
     url: "{{ prometheus_operator_crds_download_url }}"
-    owner: "root"
-    mode: "0755"
     groups:
       - kube_control_plane
 
@@ -965,8 +919,6 @@ downloads:
     checksum: "{{ yq_binary_checksum }}"
     url: "{{ yq_download_url }}"
     unarchive: false
-    owner: "root"
-    mode: "0755"
     groups:
       - kube_control_plane
 
@@ -978,8 +930,6 @@ downloads:
     checksum: "{{ argocd_install_checksum }}"
     url: "{{ argocd_install_url }}"
     unarchive: false
-    owner: "root"
-    mode: "0644"
     groups:
       - kube_control_plane
 
@@ -991,5 +941,3 @@ download_defaults:
   dest: None
   url: None
   unarchive: false
-  owner: "{{ kube_owner }}"
-  mode: None