diff --git a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-ansible/cluster-launch-e2e-openshift-ansible.yaml b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-ansible/cluster-launch-e2e-openshift-ansible.yaml
index 901b175bf0b17..1b035ad3f32e9 100644
--- a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-ansible/cluster-launch-e2e-openshift-ansible.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-ansible/cluster-launch-e2e-openshift-ansible.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ parameters:
   required: true
 - name: IMAGE_ANSIBLE
   required: true
+- name: IMAGE_FORMAT
+  required: true
 - name: IMAGE_TESTS
   required: true
 - name: RPM_REPO_OPENSHIFT_ORIGIN