diff --git a/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican.conf.j2
index aef43567bd..083f3aac31 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican.conf.j2
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ log_dir = /var/log/kolla/barbican
 
 bind_port = {{ barbican_api_port }}
 bind_host = {{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['ansible_' + api_interface]['ipv4']['address'] }}
-host_href = {{ internal_protocol }}://{{ kolla_internal_fqdn }}:{{ barbican_api_port }}
+host_href = {{ public_protocol }}://{{ kolla_external_fqdn }}:{{ barbican_api_port }}
 backlog = 4096
 max_allowed_secret_in_bytes = 10000
 max_allowed_request_size_in_bytes = 1000000