diff --git a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml
index f52328d781..2a4c47f259 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml
@@ -134,10 +134,10 @@
 
   tasks:
   - name: Scale up pods
-    command: oc -n bodhi scale dc/bodhi-web --replicas={{ groupvars['bodhi2']['openshift_pods'] }}
+    command: oc -n bodhi scale dc/bodhi-web --replicas={{ hostvars[groups['bodhi2'][0]]['openshift_pods'] }}
     when: env != "staging"
   - name: Scale up pods
-    command: oc -n bodhi scale dc/bodhi-web --replicas={{ groupvars['bodhi2-stg']['openshift_pods'] }}
+    command: oc -n bodhi scale dc/bodhi-web --replicas={{ hostvars[groups['bodhi2-stg'][0]]['openshift_pods'] }}
     when: env == "staging"
 
   post_tasks:
diff --git a/playbooks/openshift-apps/bodhi.yml b/playbooks/openshift-apps/bodhi.yml
index 53fb28daed..d726bc48aa 100644
--- a/playbooks/openshift-apps/bodhi.yml
+++ b/playbooks/openshift-apps/bodhi.yml
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@
 
   post_tasks:
   - name: Scale up pods
-    command: oc -n bodhi scale dc/bodhi-web --replicas={{ groupvars['bodhi2']['openshift_pods'] }}
+    command: oc -n bodhi scale dc/bodhi-web --replicas={{ hostvars[groups['bodhi2'][0]]['openshift_pods'] }}
     when: env != "staging"
   - name: Scale up pods
-    command: oc -n bodhi scale dc/bodhi-web --replicas={{ groupvars['bodhi2-stg']['openshift_pods'] }}
+    command: oc -n bodhi scale dc/bodhi-web --replicas={{ hostvars[groups['bodhi2-stg'][0]]['openshift_pods'] }}
     when: env == "staging"