diff --git a/deployment/octavia/octavia-worker-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/octavia/octavia-worker-container-puppet.yaml
index 3e3845f36d..4db3f27f1c 100644
--- a/deployment/octavia/octavia-worker-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/octavia/octavia-worker-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -164,13 +164,24 @@ outputs:
               Log files from octavia containers can be found under
               /var/log/containers/octavia and /var/log/containers/httpd/octavia-api.
           ignore_errors: true
-        - name: Ensure packages required for configuring octavia are present
-          package:
-            name:
-              - python2-neutronclient
-              - python2-openstackclient
-              - openssl
-            state: present
+        - block:
+            - name: Ensure packages required for configuring octavia are present for CentOS 7
+              package:
+                name:
+                  - python2-neutronclient
+                  - python2-openstackclient
+                  - openssl
+                state: present
+              when: ansible_distribution_major_version is version(8, '<')
+
+            - name: Ensure packages required for configuring octavia are present for CentOS/RHEL 8
+              package:
+                name:
+                  - python3-neutronclient
+                  - python3-openstackclient
+                  - openssl
+                state: present
+              when: ansible_distribution_major_version is version(8, '>=')
           when: {get_param: EnablePackageInstall}
         - name: enable virt_sandbox_use_netlink for healthcheck
           seboolean: