diff --git a/roles/default/ossmconsole-deploy/tasks/main.yml b/roles/default/ossmconsole-deploy/tasks/main.yml
index 1cbc277f..79fd7bf7 100644
--- a/roles/default/ossmconsole-deploy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/default/ossmconsole-deploy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -188,12 +188,31 @@
   when:
   - ossmconsole_vars.kiali.servicePort == 0
 
+- name: Ask Kiali for information about itself
+  vars:
+    version_url: "{{ 'https://' + ossmconsole_vars.kiali.serviceName + '.' + ossmconsole_vars.kiali.serviceNamespace + '.svc.cluster.local:' + ossmconsole_vars.kiali.servicePort + '/api' }}"
+  uri:
+    url: "{{ version_url }}"
+    status_code: 200
+    validate_certs: false
+    return_content: true
+  register: kiali_info_results
+  until:
+  - kiali_info_results is defined
+  - kiali_info_results.status is defined
+  - kiali_info_results.status == 200
+  retries: 60
+  delay: 5
+  ignore_errors: yes
+
 - name: Determine Kiali version
-  set_fact:
-    kiali_version: "{{ lookup('url', version_url, split_lines='no', validate_certs='no') | from_json | json_query(q) }}"
   vars:
     q: status."Kiali version"
-    version_url: "{{ 'https://' + ossmconsole_vars.kiali.serviceName + '.' + ossmconsole_vars.kiali.serviceNamespace + '.svc.cluster.local:' + ossmconsole_vars.kiali.servicePort + '/api' }}"
+  set_fact:
+    kiali_version: "{{ kiali_info_results.json | json_query(q) }}"
+  when:
+  - kiali_info_results is defined
+  - kiali_info_results.json is defined
   ignore_errors: yes
 
 - name: "Determine environment to store in status"
diff --git a/roles/default/ossmconsole-deploy/tasks/process-resource.yml b/roles/default/ossmconsole-deploy/tasks/process-resource.yml
index 9b165d44..5696ca25 100644
--- a/roles/default/ossmconsole-deploy/tasks/process-resource.yml
+++ b/roles/default/ossmconsole-deploy/tasks/process-resource.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # process all template names found in process_resource_templates - any empty strings in the list are ignored.
 # This will keep a running tally of all processed resources in "processed_resources_dict".
-- name: "Create Kiali resources from templates"
+- name: "Create OSSMConsole resources from templates"
   k8s:
     state: "present"
     continue_on_error: false
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@
 
 - name: "Resource creation results"
   debug:
-    msg: "{{ processed_resources_dict }}"
\ No newline at end of file
+    msg: "{{ processed_resources_dict }}"
diff --git a/roles/v1.73/ossmconsole-deploy/tasks/main.yml b/roles/v1.73/ossmconsole-deploy/tasks/main.yml
index 61f3a08b..ebdc7909 100644
--- a/roles/v1.73/ossmconsole-deploy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/v1.73/ossmconsole-deploy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -192,12 +192,31 @@
   when:
   - ossmconsole_vars.kiali.servicePort == 0
 
+- name: Ask Kiali for information about itself
+  vars:
+    version_url: "{{ 'https://' + ossmconsole_vars.kiali.serviceName + '.' + ossmconsole_vars.kiali.serviceNamespace + '.svc.cluster.local:' + ossmconsole_vars.kiali.servicePort + '/api' }}"
+  uri:
+    url: "{{ version_url }}"
+    status_code: 200
+    validate_certs: false
+    return_content: true
+  register: kiali_info_results
+  until:
+  - kiali_info_results is defined
+  - kiali_info_results.status is defined
+  - kiali_info_results.status == 200
+  retries: 60
+  delay: 5
+  ignore_errors: yes
+
 - name: Determine Kiali version
-  set_fact:
-    kiali_version: "{{ lookup('url', version_url, split_lines='no', validate_certs='no') | from_json | json_query(q) }}"
   vars:
     q: status."Kiali version"
-    version_url: "{{ 'https://' + ossmconsole_vars.kiali.serviceName + '.' + ossmconsole_vars.kiali.serviceNamespace + '.svc.cluster.local:' + ossmconsole_vars.kiali.servicePort + '/api' }}"
+  set_fact:
+    kiali_version: "{{ kiali_info_results.json | json_query(q) }}"
+  when:
+  - kiali_info_results is defined
+  - kiali_info_results.json is defined
   ignore_errors: yes
 
 - name: "Determine environment to store in status"
diff --git a/roles/v1.73/ossmconsole-deploy/tasks/process-resource.yml b/roles/v1.73/ossmconsole-deploy/tasks/process-resource.yml
index 9b165d44..5696ca25 100644
--- a/roles/v1.73/ossmconsole-deploy/tasks/process-resource.yml
+++ b/roles/v1.73/ossmconsole-deploy/tasks/process-resource.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # process all template names found in process_resource_templates - any empty strings in the list are ignored.
 # This will keep a running tally of all processed resources in "processed_resources_dict".
-- name: "Create Kiali resources from templates"
+- name: "Create OSSMConsole resources from templates"
   k8s:
     state: "present"
     continue_on_error: false
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@
 
 - name: "Resource creation results"
   debug:
-    msg: "{{ processed_resources_dict }}"
\ No newline at end of file
+    msg: "{{ processed_resources_dict }}"