diff --git a/ansible/roles/nova-cell/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/nova-cell/defaults/main.yml
index 98f2fc6954..e89cd784d7 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/nova-cell/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/nova-cell/defaults/main.yml
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ nova_novncproxy_enable_healthchecks: "{{ enable_container_healthchecks }}"
 nova_novncproxy_healthcheck_interval: "{{ default_container_healthcheck_interval }}"
 nova_novncproxy_healthcheck_retries: "{{ default_container_healthcheck_retries }}"
 nova_novncproxy_healthcheck_start_period: "{{ default_container_healthcheck_start_period }}"
-nova_novncproxy_healthcheck_test: ["CMD-SHELL", "healthcheck_curl http://{{ api_interface_address |  put_address_in_context('url') }}:{{ nova_novncproxy_listen_port }}/vnc_auto.html"]
+nova_novncproxy_healthcheck_test: ["CMD-SHELL", "healthcheck_curl http://{{ api_interface_address |  put_address_in_context('url') }}:{{ nova_novncproxy_listen_port }}/vnc_lite.html"]
 nova_novncproxy_healthcheck_timeout: "{{ default_container_healthcheck_timeout }}"
 nova_novncproxy_healthcheck:
   interval: "{{ nova_novncproxy_healthcheck_interval }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/nova-cell/templates/nova.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/nova-cell/templates/nova.conf.j2
index 8f29686f18..5adb22c263 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/nova-cell/templates/nova.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/nova-cell/templates/nova.conf.j2
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ novncproxy_port = {{ nova_novncproxy_listen_port }}
 server_listen = {{ api_interface_address }}
 server_proxyclient_address = {{ api_interface_address }}
 {% if inventory_hostname in groups[nova_cell_compute_group] %}
-novncproxy_base_url = {{ public_protocol }}://{{ nova_novncproxy_fqdn | put_address_in_context('url') }}:{{ nova_novncproxy_port }}/vnc_auto.html
+novncproxy_base_url = {{ public_protocol }}://{{ nova_novncproxy_fqdn | put_address_in_context('url') }}:{{ nova_novncproxy_port }}/vnc_lite.html
 {% endif %}
 {% endif %}
 {% elif nova_console == 'spice' %}