diff --git a/tools/appsre-ansible/rpmbuild.yml b/tools/appsre-ansible/rpmbuild.yml
index b97b6b4bf..73ea4a233 100644
--- a/tools/appsre-ansible/rpmbuild.yml
+++ b/tools/appsre-ansible/rpmbuild.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@
       activationkey: "{{ RH_ACTIVATION_KEY }}"
       org_id: "{{ RH_ORG_ID }}"
 
+  # Upgrading authselect without --allowerasing currently fails on RHEL 9.1 with RHUI repos
+  # https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHUIOPS-84
+  # TODO: remove this once the issue is fixed
+  - name: Upgrade authselect package
+    dnf:
+      name: authselect
+      state: latest
+      allowerasing: yes
+    register: result
+    retries: 5
+    until: result is success
+
   - name: Upgrade all packages
     package:
       name: "*"