diff --git a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml
index cd7fd96679..d2243c576d 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml
@@ -134,8 +134,11 @@
 
   tasks:
   - name: Scale up pods
-    command: oc -n bodhi scale dc/bodhi-web --replicas={{ openshift_pods }}
-    when: migrations
+    command: oc -n bodhi scale dc/bodhi-web --replicas={{ groupvars['bodhi2']['openshift_pods'] }}
+    when: migrations and env != "staging"
+  - name: Scale up pods
+    command: oc -n bodhi scale dc/bodhi-web --replicas={{ groupvars['bodhi2-stg']['openshift_pods'] }}
+    when: migrations and env == "staging"
 
   post_tasks:
   - name: tell nagios to unshush w.r.t. the frontend
diff --git a/playbooks/openshift-apps/bodhi.yml b/playbooks/openshift-apps/bodhi.yml
index bbd059f63c..90e67afd6b 100644
--- a/playbooks/openshift-apps/bodhi.yml
+++ b/playbooks/openshift-apps/bodhi.yml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     servicename: bodhi-web
   - role: openshift/object
     app: bodhi
-    file: deploymentconfig.yml
+    template: deploymentconfig.yml
     objectname: deploymentconfig.yml
   - role: openshift/rollout
     app: bodhi
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/files/deploymentconfig.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/templates/deploymentconfig.yml
similarity index 93%
rename from roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/files/deploymentconfig.yml
rename to roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/templates/deploymentconfig.yml
index cab1f48f9e..8f59c98d80 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/files/deploymentconfig.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/templates/deploymentconfig.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ items:
       service: web
     name: bodhi-web
   spec:
-    replicas: 2
+    {% if env == "staging" %}
+    replicas: {{ groupvars['bodhi2-stg']['openshift_pods'] }}
+    {% else %}
+    replicas: {{ groupvars['bodhi2']['openshift_pods'] }}
+    {% endif %}
     selector:
       deploymentconfig: bodhi-web
     strategy: