diff --git a/playbooks/openshift-apps/docstranslation.yml b/playbooks/openshift-apps/docstranslation.yml
index aefa4229ce..e6fae35329 100644
--- a/playbooks/openshift-apps/docstranslation.yml
+++ b/playbooks/openshift-apps/docstranslation.yml
@@ -27,11 +27,15 @@
     openssh_keypair:
       path: "/etc/openshift_apps/{{ app }}/id_rsa_docs_trans"
       mode: 0600
-      regenerate: never
       type: rsa
       size: 4096
     register: r_ssh_key
 
+  - name: Retrieve ssh priv key
+    slurp:
+      path: r_ssh_key.filename
+    register: r_docs_priv_key
+
   - name: Define imagestream
     include_role:
       name: openshift/imagestream
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/docstranslation/templates/secrets.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/docstranslation/templates/secrets.yml
index 76a2628ec4..48a8cc84e1 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/docstranslation/templates/secrets.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/docstranslation/templates/secrets.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ metadata:
     app: docstranslation
 stringData:
   id_rsa_docs_trans: |-
-    {{ lookup('file', '/etc/openshift_apps/{{ app }}/id_rsa_docs_trans') }}
+    {{ r_docs_priv_key.content | b64decode | indent(4) }}
   config: |-
       Host pagure.io
         User git