diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/config-download-verbosity-75fa34c110c00657.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/config-download-verbosity-75fa34c110c00657.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3978b80f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/config-download-verbosity-75fa34c110c00657.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - The verbosity of the config-download ansible tasks for deployment are now
+    controlled by the verbosity level specified on the command line.
diff --git a/tripleoclient/workflows/deployment.py b/tripleoclient/workflows/deployment.py
index ec6775bae..5519dfb4b 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/workflows/deployment.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/workflows/deployment.py
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ def config_download(log, clients, stack, templates,
     tripleoclients = clients.tripleoclient
 
     workflow_input = {
-        'verbosity': verbosity or 1,
+        'verbosity': verbosity,
         'plan_name': stack.stack_name,
         'ssh_network': ssh_network,
         'config_download_timeout': timeout