diff --git a/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml b/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml
index 29dbbbbf..d9811180 100644
--- a/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
     - init
 
 - name: Make sure Elasticsearch is running before proceeding
-  wait_for: host={{ elasticsearch_host }} port={{ elasticsearch_http_port }} delay=3 timeout=400
+  wait_for: host={{ elasticsearch_network_host }} port={{ elasticsearch_http_port }} delay=3 timeout=400
   tags:
     - configure
     - init