diff --git a/playbooks/validations.yml b/playbooks/validations.yml
index caf5da23c..aac82a533 100644
--- a/playbooks/validations.yml
+++ b/playbooks/validations.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   hosts: undercloud
   gather_facts: true
   vars:
-    inventory: "{{ job.validations_inventory|default('') }}"
+    inventory: "{{ job.validations_inventory|default('tripleo-deploy/tripleo-ansible-inventory.yaml') }}"
     vf_log_dir: "/var/log/validations"
   tags:
     - overcloud-deploy