diff --git a/playbooks/hosts/lists-dev.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml b/playbooks/hosts/lists-dev.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
index 6e7557fe27..39b805bfae 100644
--- a/playbooks/hosts/lists-dev.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
+++ b/playbooks/hosts/lists-dev.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
@@ -94,15 +94,15 @@
   tasks:
   # mailman auto-updates its schema, there can only be one admin user
   - name: mailman DB user
-    postgresql_user: name=mailmanadmin password='thisisatest'
+    postgresql_user: name=mailmanadmin password={{ lists_dev_mm_db_pass }}
   - name: hyperkitty DB admin user
-    postgresql_user: name=hyperkittyadmin password='thisisatest'
+    postgresql_user: name=hyperkittyadmin password={{ lists_dev_hk_db_pass }}
   - name: hyperkitty DB user
-    postgresql_user: name=hyperkittyapp password='thisisatest'
+    postgresql_user: name=hyperkittyapp password={{ lists_dev_hk_db_pass }}
   - name: kittystore DB admin user
-    postgresql_user: name=kittystoreadmin password='thisisatest'
+    postgresql_user: name=kittystoreadmin password={{ lists_dev_ks_db_pass }}
   - name: kittystore DB user
-    postgresql_user: name=kittystoreapp password='thisisatest'
+    postgresql_user: name=kittystoreapp password={{ lists_dev_ks_db_pass }}
   - name: databases creation
     postgresql_db: name={{ item }} owner="{{ item }}admin" encoding=UTF-8
     with_items:
@@ -121,12 +121,12 @@
   roles:
   - role: mailman
     mailman_db_server: localhost
-    mailman_mailman_db_pass: "thisisatest"
-    mailman_hyperkitty_admin_db_pass: "thisisatest"
-    mailman_hyperkitty_db_pass: "thisisatest"
-    mailman_kittystore_admin_db_pass: "thisisatest"
-    mailman_kittystore_db_pass: "thisisatest"
-    mailman_hyperkitty_cookie_key: "thisisatest"
+    mailman_mailman_db_pass: "{{ lists_dev_mm_db_pass }}"
+    mailman_hyperkitty_admin_db_pass: "{{ lists_dev_hk_db_pass }}"
+    mailman_hyperkitty_db_pass: "{{ lists_dev_hk_db_pass }}"
+    mailman_kittystore_admin_db_pass: "{{ lists_dev_ks_db_pass }}"
+    mailman_kittystore_db_pass: "{{ lists_dev_ks_db_pass }}"
+    mailman_hyperkitty_cookie_key: "{{ lists_dev_hk_cookie_key }}"
   - collectd/base
 
   tasks: