diff --git a/internal/plugins/ansible/v1/scaffolds/internal/templates/molecule/mdefault/destroy.go b/internal/plugins/ansible/v1/scaffolds/internal/templates/molecule/mdefault/destroy.go
index c4359143a9e..1f34f95f16c 100644
--- a/internal/plugins/ansible/v1/scaffolds/internal/templates/molecule/mdefault/destroy.go
+++ b/internal/plugins/ansible/v1/scaffolds/internal/templates/molecule/mdefault/destroy.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ const destroyTemplate = `---
         state: absent
 
     - name: Unset pull policy
-      command: '{{ "{{ kustomize }}" }} edit remove patch pull_policy/{{ "{{ pull_policy }}" }}.yaml'
+      command: '{{ "{{ kustomize }}" }} edit remove patch pull_policy/{{ "{{ operator_pull_policy }}" }}.yaml'
       args:
         chdir: '{{ "{{ config_dir }}" }}/testing'
 `
diff --git a/internal/plugins/ansible/v1/scaffolds/internal/templates/molecule/mdefault/prepare.go b/internal/plugins/ansible/v1/scaffolds/internal/templates/molecule/mdefault/prepare.go
index 4638e836852..56cb7b3fa22 100644
--- a/internal/plugins/ansible/v1/scaffolds/internal/templates/molecule/mdefault/prepare.go
+++ b/internal/plugins/ansible/v1/scaffolds/internal/templates/molecule/mdefault/prepare.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ const prepareTemplate = `---
         chdir: '{{ "{{ config_dir }}" }}/testing'
 
     - name: Set pull policy
-      command: '{{ "{{ kustomize }}" }} edit add patch pull_policy/{{ "{{ pull_policy }}" }}.yaml'
+      command: '{{ "{{ kustomize }}" }} edit add patch pull_policy/{{ "{{ operator_pull_policy }}" }}.yaml'
       args:
         chdir: '{{ "{{ config_dir }}" }}/testing'
 
diff --git a/internal/plugins/ansible/v1/scaffolds/internal/templates/molecule/mkind/molecule.go b/internal/plugins/ansible/v1/scaffolds/internal/templates/molecule/mkind/molecule.go
index f952d5e3a00..ad4a2f7e731 100644
--- a/internal/plugins/ansible/v1/scaffolds/internal/templates/molecule/mkind/molecule.go
+++ b/internal/plugins/ansible/v1/scaffolds/internal/templates/molecule/mkind/molecule.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ provisioner:
         samples_dir: ${MOLECULE_PROJECT_DIRECTORY}/config/samples
         project_dir: ${MOLECULE_PROJECT_DIRECTORY}
         operator_image: testing-operator
-        pull_policy: "Never"
+        operator_pull_policy: "Never"
         kubeconfig: "{{ "{{ lookup('env', 'KUBECONFIG') }}" }}"
         kustomize: ${KUSTOMIZE_PATH:-kustomize}
   env: