diff --git a/tests/run.yml b/tests/run.yml
index 5c68c1fa93..50c5f26701 100644
--- a/tests/run.yml
+++ b/tests/run.yml
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@
       become: "{{ item.become | default(false) }}"
       vars:
         is_previous_release: "{{ is_upgrade }}"
+        force_config_drive: "{{ 'true' if address_family == 'ipv6' else 'false' }}"
       with_items:
         # Ansible inventory
         - src: "tests/templates/inventory.j2"
@@ -647,6 +648,7 @@
             dest: "{{ item.dest }}"
           vars:
             is_previous_release: false
+            force_config_drive: "{{ 'true' if address_family == 'ipv6' else 'false' }}"
           with_items:
             # Ansible inventory
             - src: "tests/templates/inventory.j2"
diff --git a/tests/templates/nova-compute-overrides.j2 b/tests/templates/nova-compute-overrides.j2
index ea62a697f5..79b1a6ebfd 100644
--- a/tests/templates/nova-compute-overrides.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/nova-compute-overrides.j2
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+force_config_drive = {{ force_config_drive }}
 [libvirt]
 {% if ansible_architecture == 'aarch64' %}
 cpu_mode = custom