diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index d958a760..31db030e 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ default['openstack']['common']['custom_template_banner'] = '
 # Do not edit, changes will be overwritten
 '
 
+# version for python-openstackclient
+default['openstack']['common']['client_version'] = '3.4.1'
+
 # OpenStack services and their project names
 default['openstack']['common']['services'] = {
   'bare-metal' => 'ironic',
diff --git a/recipes/client.rb b/recipes/client.rb
index 6df4ace7..9662ccea 100644
--- a/recipes/client.rb
+++ b/recipes/client.rb
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@
 python_runtime '2'
 
 python_package 'python-openstackclient' do
-  version '2.6'
+  version node['openstack']['common']['client_version']
 end
diff --git a/spec/client_spec.rb b/spec/client_spec.rb
index 8f28c6dd..a3cf789e 100644
--- a/spec/client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/client_spec.rb
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ describe 'openstack-common::client' do
       runner.converge(described_recipe)
     end
 
-    it 'installs the latest python 2' do
+    it do
       expect(chef_run).to install_python_runtime('2')
     end
 
-    it 'installs python-openstackclient 2.6' do
+    it do
       expect(chef_run).to install_python_package('python-openstackclient')
-        .with(version: '2.6')
+        .with(version: '3.4.1')
     end
   end
 end