diff --git a/inventory/service/group_vars/gitea-lb.yaml b/inventory/service/group_vars/gitea-lb.yaml
index 6b9f3d8d91..f14aeb6282 100644
--- a/inventory/service/group_vars/gitea-lb.yaml
+++ b/inventory/service/group_vars/gitea-lb.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ gitea_lb_listeners:
     servers:
       - name: 'gitea01.opendev.org'
         address: '38.108.68.172:3081'
-        check_method: 'check-ssl verify none'
+        check_method: 'check check-ssl verify none'
       - name: 'gitea02.opendev.org'
         address: '38.108.68.23:3081'
         check_method: 'check-ssl verify none'
diff --git a/inventory/service/group_vars/zuul-lb.yaml b/inventory/service/group_vars/zuul-lb.yaml
index 82800405f5..e5be260804 100644
--- a/inventory/service/group_vars/zuul-lb.yaml
+++ b/inventory/service/group_vars/zuul-lb.yaml
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ zuul_lb_listeners:
     servers:
       - name: 'zuul01.opendev.org'
         address: '104.130.246.57:443'
-        check_method: 'check-ssl verify none'
+        check_method: 'check check-ssl verify none'
       - name: 'zuul02.opendev.org'
         address: '104.130.246.31:443'
-        check_method: 'check-ssl verify none'
+        check_method: 'check check-ssl verify none'
   - name: balance_zuul_finger
     bind:
       - ':::79'
diff --git a/playbooks/zuul/templates/group_vars/gitea-lb.yaml.j2 b/playbooks/zuul/templates/group_vars/gitea-lb.yaml.j2
index 5b70eb3c8b..fc68fdfd03 100644
--- a/playbooks/zuul/templates/group_vars/gitea-lb.yaml.j2
+++ b/playbooks/zuul/templates/group_vars/gitea-lb.yaml.j2
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ gitea_lb_listeners:
     servers:
       - name: "gitea99.opendev.org"
         address: "{{ (hostvars['gitea99.opendev.org'] | default({})).get('nodepool', {}).get('public_ipv4', '') }}:3000"
-        check_method: "check-ssl verify none"
+        check_method: "check check-ssl verify none"
diff --git a/playbooks/zuul/templates/group_vars/zuul-lb.yaml.j2 b/playbooks/zuul/templates/group_vars/zuul-lb.yaml.j2
index 5cc63fdd67..51cadd9d3f 100644
--- a/playbooks/zuul/templates/group_vars/zuul-lb.yaml.j2
+++ b/playbooks/zuul/templates/group_vars/zuul-lb.yaml.j2
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ zuul_lb_listeners:
     servers:
       - name: "zuul02.opendev.org"
         address: "{{ (hostvars['zuul02.opendev.org'] | default({})).get('nodepool', {}).get('public_ipv4', '') }}:443"
-        check_method: 'check-ssl verify none'
+        check_method: 'check check-ssl verify none'
   - name: balance_zuul_finger
     bind:
       - ":::79"