diff --git a/jenkins/scripts/upstream_translation_update.sh b/jenkins/scripts/upstream_translation_update.sh
index c67e3c269e..093d6b89d7 100755
--- a/jenkins/scripts/upstream_translation_update.sh
+++ b/jenkins/scripts/upstream_translation_update.sh
@@ -17,12 +17,19 @@ JOBNAME=$2
 
 # Replace /'s in branch names with -'s because Zanata doesn't
 # allow /'s in version names.
-ZANATA_VERSION=${ZUUL_REFNAME//\//-}
+# Zuul v3 native job passes the branch in as parameter but
+# does not set ZUUL_REFNAME.
+if [ -z "$ZUUL_REFNAME" ] ; then
+    BRANCHNAME=$3
+else
+    BRANCHNAME=$ZUUL_REFNAME
+fi
+ZANATA_VERSION=${BRANCHNAME//\//-}
 
 SCRIPTSDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 source $SCRIPTSDIR/common_translation_update.sh
 
-init_branch $ZUUL_REFNAME
+init_branch $BRANCHNAME
 
 # List of all modules to copy POT files from
 ALL_MODULES=""
diff --git a/playbooks/translation/upstream-translation-update.yaml b/playbooks/translation/upstream-translation-update.yaml
index 39ba1986a1..2a9a488139 100644
--- a/playbooks/translation/upstream-translation-update.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/translation/upstream-translation-update.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   tasks:
     - name: Run upstream_translation_update.sh script
-      command: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/scripts/upstream_translation_update.sh {{ zuul.project.short_name }} {{ zuul.job }}"
+      command: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/scripts/upstream_translation_update.sh {{ zuul.project.short_name }} {{ zuul.job }} {{zuul.branch}}"
       args:
         chdir: "src/{{ zuul.project.canonical_name }}"