diff --git a/tasks/pmci_set_default_variables.yml b/tasks/pmci_set_default_variables.yml
index da395e4..e6ee52d 100644
--- a/tasks/pmci_set_default_variables.yml
+++ b/tasks/pmci_set_default_variables.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 - name: "Setting pmci connect variables"
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
     connect_version: "{{ data.connect.version }}" # legacy paramater, backwards compatibility
-    process_search_version: "{{ (connect_version == 'latest' or connect_version is version('11.2', '>=')) | ternary('1.4', '1.3') }}" # legacy paramater, backwards compatibility
+    process_search_version: "{{ (data.connect.version == 'latest' or data.connect.version is version('11.2', '>=')) | ternary('1.4', '1.3') }}" # legacy paramater, backwards compatibility
     connect_client_admin_username: "{{ data.connect.admin.username | default(cluster.key + '-connect-admin') }}" # legacy paramater, backwards compatibility
   when:
     - data.connect is defined