diff --git a/ansible/roles/gnocchi/tasks/external_ceph.yml b/ansible/roles/gnocchi/tasks/external_ceph.yml
index 9dca91a30a..16c166cb58 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/gnocchi/tasks/external_ceph.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/gnocchi/tasks/external_ceph.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     - "gnocchi-statsd"
 
 - name: Copy over ceph.conf file
-  copy:
+  template:
     src: "{{ node_custom_config }}/{{ item }}/ceph.conf"
     dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/{{ item }}/ceph.conf"
   when: inventory_hostname in groups[item]
diff --git a/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/external_ceph.yml b/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/external_ceph.yml
index 700dbcbd0f..f3c53a6ff7 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/external_ceph.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/external_ceph.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     - Restart nova-libvirt container
 
 - name: Copy over ceph.conf
-  copy:
+  template:
     src: "{{ node_custom_config }}/nova/ceph.conf"
     dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/{{ item }}/"
     mode: "0660"