diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap-ansible.sh b/scripts/bootstrap-ansible.sh
index b17ad275f9..548a1578a6 100755
--- a/scripts/bootstrap-ansible.sh
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap-ansible.sh
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export OSA_CLONE_DIR="$(pwd)"
 
 # Set the variable to the role file to be the absolute path
 ANSIBLE_ROLE_FILE="$(readlink -f "${ANSIBLE_ROLE_FILE}")"
+ANSIBLE_COLLECTION_FILE="$(readlink -f "${ANSIBLE_COLLECTION_FILE}")"
 OSA_INVENTORY_PATH="$(readlink -f inventory)"
 OSA_ANSIBLE_PYTHON_INTERPRETER="auto"
 
diff --git a/scripts/get-ansible-collection-requirements.yml b/scripts/get-ansible-collection-requirements.yml
index 86fff5a206..afa1f5938c 100644
--- a/scripts/get-ansible-collection-requirements.yml
+++ b/scripts/get-ansible-collection-requirements.yml
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@
         state: absent
 
   vars:
-    collections_file: "{{ playbook_dir }}/../ansible-collection-requirements.yml"
-    required_collections: "{{ lookup('file', collections_file) | from_yaml }}"
+    collection_file: "{{ playbook_dir }}/../ansible-collection-requirements.yml"
+    required_collections: "{{ lookup('file', collection_file) | from_yaml }}"
     collection_path_default: '/etc/ansible/'
     user_collections: "{{ lookup('file', user_collections_path, errors='ignore')|default([], true) | from_yaml }}"
     user_collections_path: "{{ lookup('env', 'OSA_CONFIG_DIR') | default('/etc/openstack_deploy', true) ~ '/' ~ (user_collection_file|default('')) }}"