diff --git a/playbooks/groups/osbs-cluster.yml b/playbooks/groups/osbs-cluster.yml
index 2953bb71b7..52f7a834ff 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/osbs-cluster.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/osbs-cluster.yml
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@
         openshift_shared_infra: true,
         openshift_deployment_type: "origin",
         openshift_ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python3",
+        openshift_ansible_use_crio: false,
       when: env == 'staging',
       tags: ['openshift-cluster','ansible-ansible-openshift-ansible']
     }