diff --git a/openstack-ood/nodeimage.pkr.hcl b/openstack-ood/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
index e51ae6993a5841a370ff39983cc953b4239a0866..2dd0a8d18700043ca53fb46e35c1db72658212f1 100644
--- a/openstack-ood/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
+++ b/openstack-ood/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ build {
   sources = ["source.openstack.image"]
 
   provisioner "ansible" {
+    user = var.ssh_username
     playbook_file = "./ansible/node.yml"
     roles_path = "./ansible/roles"
     extra_arguments = [
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ build {
   }
   provisioner "ansible" {
     use_proxy =  false
+    user = var.ssh_username
     ansible_env_vars = ["ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False"]
     playbook_file = "./CRI_XCBC/ood-packer.yaml"
   }
diff --git a/openstack/nodeimage.pkr.hcl b/openstack/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
index 0224701785e8aa24105b4d79b99b2f260475ff73..a678e99592a561374ba90d6ebbd8e906401039e1 100644
--- a/openstack/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
+++ b/openstack/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ build {
   sources = ["source.openstack.image"]
 
   provisioner "ansible" {
+    user = var.ssh_username
     playbook_file = "./ansible/node.yml"
     roles_path = "./ansible/roles"
     extra_arguments = [