diff --git a/source/includes/steps-install-mongodb-enterprise-on-red-hat-or-centos.yaml b/source/includes/steps-install-mongodb-enterprise-on-red-hat-or-centos.yaml
index 74770132a13..8a36536a966 100644
--- a/source/includes/steps-install-mongodb-enterprise-on-red-hat-or-centos.yaml
+++ b/source/includes/steps-install-mongodb-enterprise-on-red-hat-or-centos.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ action:
       that installs the ``2.6.1`` release of MongoDB:
     language: sh
     code: |
-      yum install mongodb-enterprise-2.6.1 mongodb-enterprise-server-2.6.1 mongodb-enterprise-shell-2.6.1 mongodb-enterprise-mongos-2.6.1 mongodb-enterprise-tools-2.6.1
+      sudo yum install mongodb-enterprise-2.6.1 mongodb-enterprise-server-2.6.1 mongodb-enterprise-shell-2.6.1 mongodb-enterprise-mongos-2.6.1 mongodb-enterprise-tools-2.6.1
   - heading:
       text: Pin a specific version of MongoDB Enterprise.
       character: "'"
diff --git a/source/includes/steps-install-mongodb-on-red-hat-centos-or-fedora-linux.yaml b/source/includes/steps-install-mongodb-on-red-hat-centos-or-fedora-linux.yaml
index 4fc2e40caa2..e2fbf1f7475 100644
--- a/source/includes/steps-install-mongodb-on-red-hat-centos-or-fedora-linux.yaml
+++ b/source/includes/steps-install-mongodb-on-red-hat-centos-or-fedora-linux.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ action:
       release of MongoDB:
     language: sh
     code: |
-      yum install mongodb-org-2.6.1 mongodb-org-server-2.6.1 mongodb-org-shell-2.6.1 mongodb-org-mongos-2.6.1 mongodb-org-tools-2.6.1
+      sudo yum install mongodb-org-2.6.1 mongodb-org-server-2.6.1 mongodb-org-shell-2.6.1 mongodb-org-mongos-2.6.1 mongodb-org-tools-2.6.1
   - pre: |
       You can specify any available version of MongoDB. However ``yum``
       will upgrade the packages when a newer version becomes available. To