diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 26366a14..bafb6610 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ default['openstack']['compute']['libvirt']['max_workers'] = 20
 default['openstack']['compute']['libvirt']['max_requests'] = 20
 # libvirt.max_client_requests (default: 5)
 default['openstack']['compute']['libvirt']['max_client_requests'] = 5
-default['openstack']['compute']['libvirt']['group'] = 'libvirtd'
+default['openstack']['compute']['libvirt']['group'] = 'libvirt'
 default['openstack']['compute']['libvirt']['unix_sock_rw_perms'] = '0770'
 default['openstack']['compute']['libvirt']['libvirt_inject_key'] = true
 # rbd
diff --git a/spec/libvirt-redhat_spec.rb b/spec/libvirt-redhat_spec.rb
index 12ca9889..421826be 100644
--- a/spec/libvirt-redhat_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/libvirt-redhat_spec.rb
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ describe 'openstack-compute::libvirt' do
       end
     end
 
-    it 'creates libvirtd group and adds nova as a member' do
-      expect(chef_run).to create_group('libvirtd').with(members: ['nova'])
+    it 'creates libvirt group and adds nova as a member' do
+      expect(chef_run).to create_group('libvirt').with(members: ['nova'])
     end
 
     it 'symlinks qemu-kvm' do
diff --git a/spec/libvirt_spec.rb b/spec/libvirt_spec.rb
index cc5fa445..ca555f05 100644
--- a/spec/libvirt_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/libvirt_spec.rb
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ describe 'openstack-compute::libvirt' do
       end
     end
 
-    it 'does not create libvirtd group and add to nova' do
-      expect(chef_run).not_to create_group 'libvirtd'
+    it 'does not create libvirt group and add to nova' do
+      expect(chef_run).not_to create_group 'libvirt'
     end
 
     it 'does not symlink qemu-kvm' do