diff --git a/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/README.md b/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/README.md
index 388affce..c574aa9f 100644
--- a/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/README.md
+++ b/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/README.md
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ Example Playbook
 
 - hosts: 172.16.0.162
   roles:
-    - {role: ../roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch, elasticsearch_network_host: '172.16.0.162', elasticsearch_master_candidate: true, elasticsearch_cluster_nodes: ['172.16.0.162','172.16.0.163','172.16.0.161']}
+    - {role: ../roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch, elasticsearch_network_host: '172.16.0.162', elasticsearch_node_master: true, elasticsearch_cluster_nodes: ['172.16.0.162','172.16.0.163','172.16.0.161']}
 
 - hosts: 172.16.0.163
   roles:
-    - {role: ../roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch, elasticsearch_network_host: '172.16.0.163', elasticsearch_master_candidate: true, elasticsearch_cluster_nodes: ['172.16.0.162','172.16.0.163','172.16.0.161']}
+    - {role: ../roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch, elasticsearch_network_host: '172.16.0.163', elasticsearch_node_master: true, elasticsearch_cluster_nodes: ['172.16.0.162','172.16.0.163','172.16.0.161']}
 ```
 
 - Three nodes Elasticsearch cluster with XPack security
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Example Playbook
       elasticsearch_network_host: 172.16.0.111
       elasticsearch_node_name: node-1
       single_node: false
-      elasticsearch_master_candidate: true
+      elasticsearch_node_master: true
       elasticsearch_bootstrap_node: true
       elasticsearch_cluster_nodes:
         - 172.16.0.111
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Example Playbook
       elasticsearch_node_name: node-2
       single_node: false
       elasticsearch_xpack_security: true
-      elasticsearch_master_candidate: true
+      elasticsearch_node_master: true
       node_certs_generator_ip: 172.16.0.111
       elasticsearch_discovery_nodes:
         - 172.16.0.111
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Example Playbook
       elasticsearch_node_name: node-3
       single_node: false
       elasticsearch_xpack_security: true
-      elasticsearch_master_candidate: true
+      elasticsearch_node_master: true
       node_certs_generator_ip: 172.16.0.111
       elasticsearch_discovery_nodes:
         - 172.16.0.111
diff --git a/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml b/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
index 87381a4e..abf3161c 100644
--- a/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ elasticsearch_jvm_xms: null
 elastic_stack_version: 7.3.2
 single_node: true
 elasticsearch_bootstrap_node: false
-elasticsearch_master_candidate: false
+elasticsearch_node_master: false
 elasticsearch_cluster_nodes:
   - 127.0.0.1
 elasticsearch_discovery_nodes:
diff --git a/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/templates/elasticsearch.yml.j2 b/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/templates/elasticsearch.yml.j2
index 2bb6ebe4..4f8d56cc 100644
--- a/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/templates/elasticsearch.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/templates/elasticsearch.yml.j2
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ discovery.seed_hosts:
   - {{ item }}
 {% endfor %}
 {% else %}
-node.master: {{ elasticsearch_master_candidate|lower }}
+node.master: {{ elasticsearch_node_master|lower }}
 discovery.seed_hosts:
 {% for item in elasticsearch_discovery_nodes %}
   - {{ item }}