diff --git a/tasks/transient_cloud_new.yml b/tasks/transient_cloud_new.yml
index 74b16b94a5..9e74afed59 100644
--- a/tasks/transient_cloud_new.yml
+++ b/tasks/transient_cloud_new.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   local_action:
       image: "{{ image }}"
       instance_type: "{{ instance_type }}"
-      security_group: web-80-anywhere-transient,web-443-anywhere-transient,ssh-anywhere-transient,default
+      security_groups: web-80-anywhere-transient,web-443-anywhere-transient,ssh-anywhere-transient,default
       region: nova
       image_id: "{{ image|image_name_to_id('admin', ADMIN_PASS, inventory_tenant, os_auth_url) }}"
       nics:
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
       image_id: "{{ image|image_name_to_id('admin', ADMIN_PASS, 'transient', os_auth_url) }}"
       wait_for: 300
       flavor_id: "{{ instance_type|flavor_name_to_id('admin', ADMIN_PASS, 'transient', os_auth_url) }}"
-      security_groups: "{{security_group}}"
       key_name: fedora-admin-20130801
       floating_ips:
         - "{{public_ip}}"