diff --git a/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/tasks/main.yml b/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/tasks/main.yml
index 1390a253f1..ba5690d5b2 100644
--- a/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/tasks/main.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 
 - name: Gather nodepool variables
   import_tasks: gather_nodepool_vars.yml
+  tags:
+    - always
 
 - name: Create the required directories
   file: