diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 9df3bcac..2250e75e 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ galera_debconf_items: []
 galera_server_percona_distro_packages: []
 galera_mariadb_server_package: "{{ _galera_mariadb_server_package }}"
 
+# The major version used to select the repo URL path
+galera_major_version: 10.1
+
 # Set the URL for the MariaDB repository
 galera_repo_url: "{{ _galera_repo_url }}"
 
diff --git a/vars/redhat-7.yml b/vars/redhat-7.yml
index 47009489..76c3dafe 100644
--- a/vars/redhat-7.yml
+++ b/vars/redhat-7.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ galera_server_upgrade_packages_remove:
 
 galera_mariadb_service_name: "mariadb"
 
-_galera_repo_url: "http://yum.mariadb.org/10.1/centos/7/x86_64"
+_galera_repo_url: "http://yum.mariadb.org/{{ galera_major_version }}/centos/7/x86_64"
 _galera_repo:
   name: MariaDB
   description: "MariaDB Repo"
diff --git a/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml b/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml
index 803e6212..54fcd8db 100644
--- a/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml
+++ b/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ galera_etc_include_dir: "/etc/mysql/conf.d"
 # The package name for mariaDB is set as a variable
 # so that it can be used in debconf later in the
 # "galera_common" role.
-_galera_mariadb_server_package: "mariadb-server-10.1"
+_galera_mariadb_server_package: "mariadb-server-{{ galera_major_version }}"
 
 # NB This is specifically galera_server_mariadb_distro_packages as these
 # packages only get installed during the galera play - this is because of
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ _galera_percona_xtrabackup_repo:
   state: "present"
   filename: "Percona"
 
-_galera_repo_url: "http://mirror.rackspace.com/mariadb/repo/10.1/ubuntu"
+_galera_repo_url: "http://mirror.rackspace.com/mariadb/repo/{{ galera_major_version }}/ubuntu"
 _galera_repo:
   repo: "deb {{ galera_repo_url }} {{ ansible_distribution_release }} main"
   state: "present"