diff --git a/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml
index 8aff8ac92a..f8ab13d78b 100644
--- a/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -1515,8 +1515,8 @@ outputs:
 
                     [Service]
                     EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/libvirt-guests
-                    ExecStart=/bin/{{container_cli}} exec nova_libvirt /bin/rm -f /var/lib/libvirt/libvirt-guests
-                    ExecStop=/bin/{{container_cli}} exec nova_libvirt /bin/sh -x /usr/libexec/libvirt-guests.sh shutdown
+                    ExecStart=/bin/podman exec nova_virtproxyd /bin/rm -f /var/lib/libvirt/libvirt-guests
+                    ExecStop=/bin/podman exec nova_virtproxyd /bin/sh -x /usr/libexec/libvirt-guests.sh shutdown
                     Type=oneshot
                     RemainAfterExit=yes
                     StandardOutput=journal+console