diff --git a/playbooks/ansible-galaxy-importer/run.yaml b/playbooks/ansible-galaxy-importer/run.yaml
index aa7fb3ebf..084ec73cd 100644
--- a/playbooks/ansible-galaxy-importer/run.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/ansible-galaxy-importer/run.yaml
@@ -11,9 +11,15 @@
         file: '{{ _fetch.dest }}'
         name: galaxy_info
 
+    - name: Copy galaxy-importer.cfg to downloads dir
+      copy:
+        src: "{{ zuul.project.src_dir }}/tests/galaxy-importer.cfg"
+        dest: "~/downloads/galaxy-importer.cfg"
+      ignore_errors: true
+
     - name: Confirm collection can be imported into galaxy
       args:
         chdir: "~/{{ zuul.projects['github.com/ansible-network/releases'].src_dir }}"
       shell: "source .tox/venv/bin/activate; cat ${GALAXY_IMPORTER_CONFIG}; ./tools/validate-collection.sh ~/downloads/{{ galaxy_info.namespace}}-{{ galaxy_info.name }}-*.tar.gz"
       environment:
-        GALAXY_IMPORTER_CONFIG: "~/{{ zuul.project.src_dir }}/tests/galaxy-importer.cfg"
+        GALAXY_IMPORTER_CONFIG: "~/downloads/galaxy-importer.cfg"