diff --git a/tomcat/defaults/main.yml b/tomcat/defaults/main.yml
index a594f61b..ad7a98fb 100644
--- a/tomcat/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/tomcat/defaults/main.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ tomcat_pkgs:
   - 'libtomcat{{ tomcat_version }}-java'
   - 'tomcat{{ tomcat_version }}-common'
   - libapr1
-tomcat_user: tomcat7
+tomcat_user: 'tomcat{{ tomcat_version }}'
 tomcat_max_threads: 200
 
 tomcat_min_heap_size: 2048m