diff --git a/playbooks/groups/osbs-cluster.yml b/playbooks/groups/osbs-cluster.yml
index 371559e501..65105820b5 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/osbs-cluster.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/osbs-cluster.yml
@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@
         mode: 0600
 
     - name: set ansible to use pipelining
-      lineinfile:
-        dest: "/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg"
-        line: "pipelining = True"
+      ini_file:
+        dest: /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
+        section: ssh_connection
+        option: pipelining
+        value: "True"
 
 - name: Setup cluster masters pre-reqs
   hosts: osbs-masters-stg:osbs-masters