diff --git a/playbooks/group_vars/nodepool-builder_opendev.yaml b/playbooks/group_vars/nodepool-builder_opendev.yaml
index ccb4fda33d..11b5eac6ed 100644
--- a/playbooks/group_vars/nodepool-builder_opendev.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/group_vars/nodepool-builder_opendev.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 openstacksdk_config_dir: /etc/openstack
 openstacksdk_config_owner: root
-openstacksdk_config_group: root
+openstacksdk_config_group: nodepool
 openstacksdk_config_template: clouds/nodepool_clouds.yaml.j2