diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb.yml b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb.yml
index 68cce926b9..d9e2119a18 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     register: vm_name
 
   - name: spin it up
-    local_action: nova_compute auth_url={{OS_AUTH_URL_OLD}} flavor_id=6 image_id={{ image_id }} key_name=buildsys login_password={{OS_PASSWORD}} login_tenant_name={{OS_TENANT_NAME}} login_username={{OS_USERNAME_OLD}} security_groups={{security_group}} wait=yes name="{{vm_name.stdout}}"
+    local_action: nova_compute auth_url={{OS_AUTH_URL_OLD}} flavor_id=6 image_id={{ image_id }} key_name=buildsys login_password={{OS_PASSWORD_OLD}} login_tenant_name={{OS_TENANT_NAME}} login_username={{OS_USERNAME_OLD}} security_groups={{security_group}} wait=yes name="{{vm_name.stdout}}"
     register: nova
 
   # should be able to use nova.private_ip, but it does not work with Fedora Cloud.
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/nova_cloud_vars.yml b/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/nova_cloud_vars.yml
index e89ffa527e..8a99b13649 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/nova_cloud_vars.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/nova_cloud_vars.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ OS_TENANT_ID: "{{ copr_nova_tenant_id }}"
 OS_TENANT_NAME: "{{ copr_nova_tenant_name }}"
 
 OS_USERNAME: "{{ copr_nova_username }}"
-OS_PASSWORD: "{{ copr_nova_password }}"
+OS_PASSWORD_OLD: "{{ copr_nova_password }}"
+OS_PASSWORD: "{{ copr_password }}"
 
 
 image_name: "{{ copr_builder_image_name }}"