diff --git a/roles/koji_db/tasks/main.yml b/roles/koji_db/tasks/main.yml
index 3b4074b2b9..17985365fd 100644
--- a/roles/koji_db/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/koji_db/tasks/main.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # create a koji db user to own the db with the kojidatabasepassword from private
 #
 - name: koji db user
-  postgresql_user: name=koji password=$kojidatabasepassword
+  postgresql_user: name=koji password=$aarch64kojidatabasepassword
   tags:
   - db
   only_if: '$is_kojidb'