diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/nova_all.yml b/inventory/group_vars/nova_all.yml
index 034fb04ca9..d283ce4fad 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/nova_all.yml
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/nova_all.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ nova_metadata_insecure: False
 nova_service_adminuri_proto: "{{ openstack_service_adminuri_proto | default(nova_service_proto) }}"
 nova_service_adminuri: "{{ nova_service_adminuri_proto }}://{{ internal_lb_vip_address }}:{{ nova_service_port }}"
 nova_service_adminurl: "{{ nova_service_adminuri }}/v2.1"
-nova_console_type: spice
+nova_console_type: novnc
 nova_console_agent_enabled: "{{ ansible_architecture != 'aarch64' }}"
 nova_novncproxy_port: 6080
 nova_spice_html5proxy_base_port: 6082