diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index ecb0adb..381954f 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@
 #
 
 # Platform defaults
-case platform
-when 'fedora', 'redhat', 'centos' # :pragma-foodcritic: ~FC024 - won't fix this
+case platform_family
+when 'fedora', 'rhel' # :pragma-foodcritic: ~FC024 - won't fix this
   default['openstack']['db']['platform']['mysql_python_packages'] = ['MySQL-python']
   default['openstack']['db']['platform']['postgresql_python_packages'] = ['python-psycopg2']
 when 'suse'
   default['openstack']['db']['platform']['mysql_python_packages'] = ['python-mysql']
   default['openstack']['db']['platform']['postgresql_python_packages'] = ['python-psycopg2']
-when 'ubuntu'
+when 'debian'
   default['openstack']['db']['platform']['mysql_python_packages'] = ['python-mysqldb']
   default['openstack']['db']['platform']['postgresql_python_packages'] = ['python-psycopg2']
 end