diff --git a/tasks/transient_cloud_new.yml b/tasks/transient_cloud_new.yml
index 9e74afed59..49783f773c 100644
--- a/tasks/transient_cloud_new.yml
+++ b/tasks/transient_cloud_new.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 - name: spin UP VM using nova_compute
   sudo: False
   local_action:
-      image: "{{ image }}"
+      image: "{{ centos70_x86_64 }}"
       instance_type: "{{ instance_type }}"
       security_groups: web-80-anywhere-transient,web-443-anywhere-transient,ssh-anywhere-transient,default
       region: nova