diff --git a/roles/baremetal-undercloud/packages/defaults/main.yml b/roles/baremetal-undercloud/packages/defaults/main.yml
index 19eb63447..cf4a84f78 100644
--- a/roles/baremetal-undercloud/packages/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/baremetal-undercloud/packages/defaults/main.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ undercloud_additional_pkgs:
   - vim
   - tmux
   - openssl
-  - wget
+  - curl
   - bind-utils
   - net-tools
   - git
diff --git a/roles/build-images/templates/overcloud-image-build.sh.j2 b/roles/build-images/templates/overcloud-image-build.sh.j2
index f1cf3d351..5766bc79e 100644
--- a/roles/build-images/templates/overcloud-image-build.sh.j2
+++ b/roles/build-images/templates/overcloud-image-build.sh.j2
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export DIB_YUM_REPO_CONF=""
 export DIB_YUM_REPO_CONF="$DIB_YUM_REPO_CONF {{ repo_path }}"
 {% endfor %}
 {% if base_image_url is defined and base_image_path is defined %}
-wget -nv {{ base_image_url }} -O {{ base_image_path }}
+curl -Lo {{ base_image_path }} {{ base_image_url }}
 export DIB_LOCAL_IMAGE={{ base_image_path }}
 {% endif %}
 {# note(trown): there was not support in tripleoclient for YAML config images in Newton #}
diff --git a/roles/create-zuul-based-reproducer/templates/README-reproducer-zuul-based-quickstart.html.j2 b/roles/create-zuul-based-reproducer/templates/README-reproducer-zuul-based-quickstart.html.j2
index 55f378463..986b86797 100644
--- a/roles/create-zuul-based-reproducer/templates/README-reproducer-zuul-based-quickstart.html.j2
+++ b/roles/create-zuul-based-reproducer/templates/README-reproducer-zuul-based-quickstart.html.j2
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ EOF"
 <p>
 wget or curl the <b>reproducer-quickstart/reproducer-zuul-based-quickstart.tar</b> file.
 <pre><code><b>
-    wget http://logs.openstack.org/79/657779/2/check/tripleo-ci-centos-7-standalone-upgrade/92fd476/logs/reproducer-quickstart/reproducer-zuul-based-quickstart.tar
+    curl -Lo reproducer-zuul-based-quickstart.tar http://logs.openstack.org/79/657779/2/check/tripleo-ci-centos-7-standalone-upgrade/92fd476/logs/reproducer-quickstart/reproducer-zuul-based-quickstart.tar
     tar -xvf reproducer-zuul-based-quickstart.tar
 </b></code></pre>
 One of the extracted files is the script called <code>./reproducer-zuul-based-quickstart.sh</code>
diff --git a/roles/create-zuul-based-reproducer/templates/reproducer-fresh-box-setup.sh.j2 b/roles/create-zuul-based-reproducer/templates/reproducer-fresh-box-setup.sh.j2
index 424abbf1a..0ec341108 100644
--- a/roles/create-zuul-based-reproducer/templates/reproducer-fresh-box-setup.sh.j2
+++ b/roles/create-zuul-based-reproducer/templates/reproducer-fresh-box-setup.sh.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 REPRO_USER=${REPRO_USER:=reprozuul}
-REPRO_DEPS="tar wget screen"
+REPRO_DEPS="tar curl screen"
 RDO_USER=""
 RDO_PASS=""
 CLOUDS_YAML_PATH=".config/openstack/"
diff --git a/roles/freeipa-setup/templates/deploy_freeipa.sh.j2 b/roles/freeipa-setup/templates/deploy_freeipa.sh.j2
index 376d7f5af..c7b5876b8 100644
--- a/roles/freeipa-setup/templates/deploy_freeipa.sh.j2
+++ b/roles/freeipa-setup/templates/deploy_freeipa.sh.j2
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ sed -i "1i$IPA_SERVER_IP $CA_SERVER_HOSTNAME" /etc/hosts
 
 ## * Install required system packages::
 
-yum install -yq ipa-server ipa-server-dns wget epel-release
+yum install -yq ipa-server ipa-server-dns curl epel-release
 
 ## * Increase system entropy (to prevent slow down during IPA installation)::
 
-wget https://centos7.iuscommunity.org/ius-release.rpm
+curl -Lo ius-release.rpm https://centos7.iuscommunity.org/ius-release.rpm
 rpm -Uvh ius-release*.rpm
 yum install -y haveged
 systemctl start haveged.service
diff --git a/roles/nodepool-setup/defaults/main.yml b/roles/nodepool-setup/defaults/main.yml
index 2cc0986f0..4707fed7b 100644
--- a/roles/nodepool-setup/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nodepool-setup/defaults/main.yml
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ packages_list:
   - unbound
   - screen
   - vim
-  - wget
+  - curl
   - iptables-services