diff --git a/ansible/roles/nova-cell/templates/nova.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/nova-cell/templates/nova.conf.j2
index b9ae2fac86..5bbd4f1629 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/nova-cell/templates/nova.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/nova-cell/templates/nova.conf.j2
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ connection_string = {{ osprofiler_backend_connection_string }}
 {% if enable_barbican | bool %}
 [barbican]
 auth_endpoint = {{ keystone_internal_url }}
-cafile = {{ openstack_cacert }}
+barbican_endpoint_type = internal
+verify_ssl_path = {{ openstack_cacert }}
 {% endif %}
 
 # Cell specific settings from DevStack: