diff --git a/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/bodhi.yml b/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/bodhi.yml
index 2c69abbf74..782bf22d97 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/bodhi.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/bodhi.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
    - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
 
   tasks:
-  - command: oc -n bodhi scale dc/bodhi-web --replicas=2
+  - command: oc -n bodhi scale dc/bodhi-web --replicas={{ hostvars[groups['bodhi2-stg'][0]]['openshift_pods'] }}
 
 - name: bring staging services up (httpd)
   hosts: bodhi2-stg