diff --git a/playbook/pxe_server_setup.yml b/playbook/pxe_server_setup.yml
index 05352c5..c9109b9 100644
--- a/playbook/pxe_server_setup.yml
+++ b/playbook/pxe_server_setup.yml
@@ -685,7 +685,11 @@
         src: "{{ usb_mount }}/FlatUnattendW10-shopfloor.xml"
         dest: "{{ samba_share }}/{{ item }}/Deploy/FlatUnattendW10.xml"
         mode: '0644'
-        force: no
+        # force: yes - repo is source of truth. force: no let the live shopfloor
+        # unattend go stale (missing the Fetch + Verify-And-Heal staging steps),
+        # and a playbook run never repaired it. Keep it in sync like the standard
+        # /engineer unattend below.
+        force: yes
       loop: "{{ shopfloor_types }}"
       ignore_errors: yes