diff --git a/modules/gerrit/files/scripts/update_cla_group.py b/modules/gerrit/files/scripts/update_cla_group.py
index d418cf0544..615b25688c 100755
--- a/modules/gerrit/files/scripts/update_cla_group.py
+++ b/modules/gerrit/files/scripts/update_cla_group.py
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ for line in urllib.urlopen('http://wiki.openstack.org/Contributors?action=raw'):
 
 launchpad = Launchpad.login_with('CLA Team Sync', LPNET_SERVICE_ROOT,
                                  LP_CACHE_DIR,
-                                 credentials_file = LP_CREDENTIALS)
+                                 credentials_file = LP_CREDENTIALS,
+                                 version='devel')
 
 lp_members = []
 
diff --git a/modules/launchpad_sync/files/update_gerrit_users.py b/modules/launchpad_sync/files/update_gerrit_users.py
index 7d7d630c4d..41332f1dd8 100755
--- a/modules/launchpad_sync/files/update_gerrit_users.py
+++ b/modules/launchpad_sync/files/update_gerrit_users.py
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ cur = conn.cursor()
 
 launchpad = Launchpad.login_with('Gerrit User Sync', LPNET_SERVICE_ROOT,
                                  GERRIT_CACHE_DIR,
-                                 credentials_file = GERRIT_CREDENTIALS)
+                                 credentials_file = GERRIT_CREDENTIALS,
+                                 version='devel')
 
 def get_sub_teams(team, have_teams):
     for sub_team in launchpad.people[team].sub_teams: