diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edx_ansible/tasks/deploy.yml b/playbooks/roles/edx_ansible/tasks/deploy.yml
index 835635a..6ad6383 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edx_ansible/tasks/deploy.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edx_ansible/tasks/deploy.yml
@@ -41,9 +41,11 @@
     - configuration_version
     - ease_version
     - certs_version
+  tags: deploy
 
 - name: edx_ansible | remove the special _original_file var
   shell: sed -i -e "/_original_file/d" {{ edx_ansible_var_file }}
+  tags: deploy
 
 - name: edxapp | create a symlink for var file
   file: >