diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index 2714fc92c..7dce20be7 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -366,6 +366,6 @@ as a standalone service, or httpd for being run by a httpd server")
       }
     }
     $validation_options_hash = merge ($defaults, $validation_options)
-    create_resources('openstacklib::service_validation', $validation_options_hash, {'subscribe' => 'Service[nova-api]'})
+    create_resources('openstacklib::service_validation', $validation_options_hash, {'subscribe' => 'Anchor[nova::service::end]'})
   }
 }
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb
index 6cfb02432..abb79f653 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ describe 'nova::api' do
       end
       it { is_expected.to contain_openstacklib__service_validation('nova-api').with(
         :command   => 'nova --os-auth-url http://127.0.0.1:5000/ --os-project-name services --os-username novae --os-password passw0rd flavor-list',
-        :subscribe => 'Service[nova-api]',
+        :subscribe => 'Anchor[nova::service::end]',
       )}
 
     end
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ describe 'nova::api' do
       end
       it { is_expected.to contain_openstacklib__service_validation('nova-api').with(
         :command   => 'my-script',
-        :subscribe => 'Service[nova-api]',
+        :subscribe => 'Anchor[nova::service::end]',
       )}
     end