diff --git a/roles/kibana/tasks/kibana-security.yml b/roles/kibana/tasks/kibana-security.yml
index 9c38ca4..045c126 100644
--- a/roles/kibana/tasks/kibana-security.yml
+++ b/roles/kibana/tasks/kibana-security.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@
 
     # -- Kibana web UI certificate (only when kibana_tls is enabled) --
 
+    - name: kibana-security | Create certificate directory
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        path: /etc/kibana/certs
+        state: directory
+        owner: root
+        group: kibana
+        mode: "0750"
+
     - name: kibana-security | Handle Kibana web UI certificates
       when: kibana_tls | bool
       block: