diff --git a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
index 9c9cf736..22709024 100644
--- a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ elasticsearch_cluster_nodes:
 elasticsearch_discovery_nodes:
   - 127.0.0.1
 
-local_certs_path: ./opendistro/certificates
+local_certs_path: "{{ playbook_dir }}/opendistro/certificates"
 
 # Minimum master nodes in cluster, 2 for 3 nodes elasticsearch cluster
 minimum_master_nodes: 2
diff --git a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-kibana/defaults/main.yml b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-kibana/defaults/main.yml
index 32cbcfec..2974bf3d 100644
--- a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-kibana/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-kibana/defaults/main.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ opendistro_security_user: elastic
 opendistro_admin_password: changeme
 opendistro_kibana_user: kibanaserver
 opendistro_kibana_password: changeme
-local_certs_path: ./opendistro/certificates
+local_certs_path: "{{ playbook_dir }}/opendistro/certificates"
 
 # Nodejs
 nodejs: