diff --git a/roles/update/tasks/update_variant_split.yml b/roles/update/tasks/update_variant_split.yml
index d5242c855..3e4af2124 100644
--- a/roles/update/tasks/update_variant_split.yml
+++ b/roles/update/tasks/update_variant_split.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
   vars:
     cifmw_test_operator_artifacts_basedir: "{{ cifmw_basedir }}/tests/test_operator_update"
     cifmw_test_operator_tempest_name: "post-services-update-tempest-tests"
+    cifmw_test_operator_stages:
+      - name: tempest
+        type: tempest
   ansible.builtin.include_role:
     name: cifmw_setup
     tasks_from: run_tests.yml