diff --git a/jenkins/ci-pipelines/ci_stage_3.groovy b/jenkins/ci-pipelines/ci_stage_3.groovy
index 2ffa95a..c94b80a 100644
--- a/jenkins/ci-pipelines/ci_stage_3.groovy
+++ b/jenkins/ci-pipelines/ci_stage_3.groovy
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
         string(defaultValue: 'osm-stage_4', description: '', name: 'DOWNSTREAM_STAGE_NAME'),
         string(defaultValue: 'testing-daily', description: '', name: 'DOCKER_TAG'),
         string(defaultValue: 'ubuntu22.04', description: '', name: 'OPENSTACK_BASE_IMAGE'),
+        string(defaultValue: 'osm.sanity', description: '', name: 'OPENSTACK_OSM_FLAVOR'),
         booleanParam(defaultValue: false, description: '', name: 'TRY_OLD_SERVICE_ASSURANCE'),
         booleanParam(defaultValue: false, description: '', name: 'SAVE_CONTAINER_ON_FAIL'),
         booleanParam(defaultValue: false, description: '', name: 'SAVE_CONTAINER_ON_PASS'),
@@ -400,7 +401,7 @@
                     println('Launching new VM')
                     output = sh(returnStdout: true, script: """#!/bin/sh -e
                         for line in `grep OS ~/hive/robot-systest.cfg | grep -v OS_CLOUD` ; do export \$line ; done
-                        openstack server create --flavor osm.sanity \
+                        openstack server create --flavor ${OPENSTACK_OSM_FLAVOR} \
                                                 --image ${OPENSTACK_BASE_IMAGE} \
                                                 --key-name CICD \
                                                 --property build_url="${BUILD_URL}" \