diff --git a/check_packages2install-pkgmanager/yum.sh b/check_packages2install-pkgmanager/yum.sh
index 6e557c647af38016ee029ff71affbe97373e72dc..735f8e093e735b2134796ac9b5a179886130120d 100644
--- a/check_packages2install-pkgmanager/yum.sh
+++ b/check_packages2install-pkgmanager/yum.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function yumPackages(){
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------
 # get custom status
 function yumStatus(){
-  if ! /usr/bin/yum --bugfix check-update 2>&1 | grep security; then
+  if ! sudo /usr/bin/yum --bugfix check-update 2>&1 | grep security; then
     echo "Ooops - no output from [/usr/bin/yum --bugfix check-update]"
   fi
 }