diff --git a/ansible/tljh.yml b/ansible/tljh.yml
index 43e661d..750e355 100644
--- a/ansible/tljh.yml
+++ b/ansible/tljh.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     # Pull the repo2docker image to build user images
     - name: Pull the repo2docker Docker image
       docker_image:
-        name: quay.io/jupyterhub/repo2docker
-        tag: 2023.06.0-41.g57d229e
+        name: {{ repo2docker_docker_name }}
+        tag: {{ repo2docker_docker_tag }}
         source: pull
         force_source: yes
diff --git a/ansible/vars/default.yml b/ansible/vars/default.yml
index 2d992cd..eb9fa4f 100644
--- a/ansible/vars/default.yml
+++ b/ansible/vars/default.yml
@@ -9,4 +9,7 @@ tljh_prefix: /opt/tljh
 tljh_bootstrap_pip_spec: git+https://github.com/jtpio/the-littlest-jupyterhub.git@skip-install#"egg=the_littlest_jupyterhub"
 tljh_installer_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jtpio/the-littlest-jupyterhub/skip-install/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
 
+repo2docker_docker_name: quay.io/jupyterhub/repo2docker
+repo2docker_docker_tag: 2023.06.0-41.g57d229e
+
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