diff --git a/uninstaller/uninst.nsi b/uninstaller/uninst.nsi
index 57b40acb0f9..8c3c3e7fc67 100644
--- a/uninstaller/uninst.nsi
+++ b/uninstaller/uninst.nsi
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SetCompressor /SOLID LZMA
 CRCCheck On
 XPStyle on
 InstProgressFlags Smooth
-RequestExecutionLevel user
+RequestExecutionLevel admin
 
 Name "${appName}"
 VIProductVersion "${VERSION_YEAR}.${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_BUILD}" ;Needs to be here so other version info shows up