diff --git a/playbooks/groups/osbs-cluster.yml b/playbooks/groups/osbs-cluster.yml
index c74d126f32..0816976274 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/osbs-cluster.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/osbs-cluster.yml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
         openshift_release: "v1.3",
         openshift_ansible_path: "/root/openshift-ansible",
         openshift_ansible_playbook: "playbooks/byo/config.yml",
-        openshift_ansible_refspec: "openshift-ansible-3.3.41-1",
+        openshift_ansible_version: "openshift-ansible-3.3.41-1",
         openshift_cluster_masters_group: "osbs-masters-stg",
         openshift_cluster_nodes_group: "osbs-nodes-stg",
         openshift_named_certificates: [{
diff --git a/roles/ansible-ansible-openshift-ansible/defaults/main.yml b/roles/ansible-ansible-openshift-ansible/defaults/main.yml
index 193523e2cd..ab724b1db4 100644
--- a/roles/ansible-ansible-openshift-ansible/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ansible-ansible-openshift-ansible/defaults/main.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ openshift_ansible_path: "/root/openshift-ansible"
 # remotely
 openshift_ansible_playbook: "playbooks/byo/config.yml"
 
-# openshift-ansible refspec, this is the git tag of the "release" of the
+# openshift-ansible version tag, this is the git tag of the "release" of the
 # openshift-ansible git repo. We need to track OpenShift v1.x to
 # openshift-ansible-3.x.y-1 as that's the release/tag standard upstream.
-openshift_ansible_refspec: "openshift-ansible-3.2.35-1"
+openshift_ansible_version: "openshift-ansible-3.2.35-1"
 
 # The group names assigned to these variables are used to create the "effective"
 # inventory (via a template) that is used to deploy the OpenShift Cluster via
diff --git a/roles/ansible-ansible-openshift-ansible/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ansible-ansible-openshift-ansible/tasks/main.yml
index 91e4920ff0..33637099d8 100644
--- a/roles/ansible-ansible-openshift-ansible/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ansible-ansible-openshift-ansible/tasks/main.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   git:
     repo: "https://github.com/openshift/openshift-ansible.git"
     dest: "{{ openshift_ansible_path }}"
-    refspec: "{{ openshift_ansible_refspec }}"
+    version: "{{ openshift_ansible_version }}"
 
 - name: generate the inventory file
   template: