diff --git a/roles/etcd/templates/etcd.env.yml b/roles/etcd/templates/etcd.env.yml
index 07e200e03215c4ba0cbf2434b320d77c9c3ccdc3..a4bb8d36acaaa9b8ec5a76e06ed2163b2c4c59d9 100644
--- a/roles/etcd/templates/etcd.env.yml
+++ b/roles/etcd/templates/etcd.env.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ETCD_DATA_DIR={{ etcd_data_dir }}
+ETCD_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/etcd
 ETCD_ADVERTISE_CLIENT_URLS={{ etcd_client_url }}
 ETCD_INITIAL_ADVERTISE_PEER_URLS={{ etcd_peer_url }}
 ETCD_INITIAL_CLUSTER_STATE={% if etcd_cluster_is_healthy.rc != 0 | bool %}new{% else %}existing{% endif %}