diff --git a/playbooks/legacy/ironic-inspector-grenade-dsvm/run.yaml b/playbooks/legacy/ironic-inspector-grenade-dsvm/run.yaml
index 04ad2f4ef..155425464 100644
--- a/playbooks/legacy/ironic-inspector-grenade-dsvm/run.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/legacy/ironic-inspector-grenade-dsvm/run.yaml
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@
           # TODO(dtantsur): change to ipmi in Rocky
           export DEVSTACK_GATE_IRONIC_DRIVER=pxe_ipmitool
           export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"IRONIC_DEFAULT_DEPLOY_INTERFACE=iscsi"
-          export BRANCH_OVERRIDE="{{ branch_override | default('default') }}"
+
+          export BRANCH_OVERRIDE="{{ zuul.override_checkout | default('default') }}"
           if [ "$BRANCH_OVERRIDE" != "default" ] ; then
               export OVERRIDE_ZUUL_BRANCH=$BRANCH_OVERRIDE
           fi
diff --git a/playbooks/legacy/ironic-inspector-tempest-dsvm-discovery/run.yaml b/playbooks/legacy/ironic-inspector-tempest-dsvm-discovery/run.yaml
index 81046e122..a3ec10727 100644
--- a/playbooks/legacy/ironic-inspector-tempest-dsvm-discovery/run.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/legacy/ironic-inspector-tempest-dsvm-discovery/run.yaml
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@
           export DEVSTACK_GATE_CONFIGDRIVE=1
           export DEVSTACK_GATE_IRONIC_DRIVER=ipmi
           export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"IRONIC_DEFAULT_DEPLOY_INTERFACE=direct"
-          export BRANCH_OVERRIDE="{{ branch_override | default('default') }}"
+
+          export BRANCH_OVERRIDE="{{ zuul.override_checkout | default('default') }}"
           if [ "$BRANCH_OVERRIDE" != "default" ] ; then
               export OVERRIDE_ZUUL_BRANCH=$BRANCH_OVERRIDE
           fi
diff --git a/playbooks/legacy/ironic-inspector-tempest-dsvm-python3/run.yaml b/playbooks/legacy/ironic-inspector-tempest-dsvm-python3/run.yaml
index 6c64fc0d0..6ed86ca05 100644
--- a/playbooks/legacy/ironic-inspector-tempest-dsvm-python3/run.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/legacy/ironic-inspector-tempest-dsvm-python3/run.yaml
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@
           export DEVSTACK_GATE_NEUTRON=1
           export DEVSTACK_GATE_VIRT_DRIVER=ironic
           export DEVSTACK_GATE_CONFIGDRIVE=1
-          export BRANCH_OVERRIDE="{{ branch_override | default('default') }}"
+
+          export BRANCH_OVERRIDE="{{ zuul.override_checkout | default('default') }}"
           if [ "$BRANCH_OVERRIDE" != "default" ] ; then
               export OVERRIDE_ZUUL_BRANCH=$BRANCH_OVERRIDE
           fi