diff --git a/ci/vars-autoscaling-tempest.yml b/ci/vars-autoscaling-tempest.yml
index 52c7bb48..77da6c7b 100644
--- a/ci/vars-autoscaling-tempest.yml
+++ b/ci/vars-autoscaling-tempest.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@ cifmw_tempest_tempestconf_config:
       service_available.ceilometer true
       service_available.sg_core true
       service_available.aodh true
-      telemetry.sg_core_service_url "ceilometer-internal.openstack.svc.cluster.local:3000"
+      telemetry.sg_core_service_url "https://ceilometer-internal.openstack.svc.cluster.local:3000"
 cifmw_test_operator_tempest_include_list: |
   telemetry_tempest_plugin.scenario
   telemetry_tempest_plugin.aodh
 cifmw_test_operator_tempest_exclude_list: ''
+external_plugin: "opendev.org/openstack/telemetry-tempest-plugin"
+change_item: "{{ zuul['items'] | selectattr('project.canonical_name', 'equalto', external_plugin) }}"
+cifmw_test_operator_tempest_external_plugin: "{{ [] if change_item | length < 1 else [ { 'repository': 'https://' + external_plugin + '.git', 'changeRepository': 'https://review' + external_plugin, 'changeRefspec': [ 'refs/changes', change_item[0].change[-2:], change_item[0].change, change_item[0].patchset ] | join('/') } ] }}"
diff --git a/zuul.d/projects.yaml b/zuul.d/projects.yaml
index d1d67f69..a855bd0e 100644
--- a/zuul.d/projects.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/projects.yaml
@@ -17,16 +17,6 @@
         - "@{{ ansible_user_dir }}/{{ zuul.projects['github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/ci-framework'].src_dir  }}/scenarios/centos-9/multinode-ci.yml"
         - "@{{ ansible_user_dir }}/{{ zuul.projects['github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/telemetry-operator'].src_dir }}/ci/vars-autoscaling.yml"
         - "@{{ ansible_user_dir }}/{{ zuul.projects['github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/telemetry-operator'].src_dir }}/ci/vars-autoscaling-tempest.yml"
-      external_plugin: "opendev.org/openstack/telemetry-tempest-plugin"
-      change_item: "{{ zuul['items'] | selectattr('project.canonical_name', 'equalto', external_plugin) }}"
-      cifmw_test_operator_tempest_external_plugin:
-        # workaround(telemetry_tempest_plugin_release)
-        # NOTE: Until the telemetry-tempest-plugin repo is tagged and the new version is used in the tempest image, we need to manually install it as an external plugin to use the autoscaling tests.
-        - repository: "https://{{ external_plugin }}.git"
-          changeRepository: "https://review.{{ external_plugin }}"
-          changeRefspec: "{{ 'master' if change_item | length < 1 else [ 'refs/changes', change_item[0].change[-2:], change_item[0].change, change_item[0].patchset ] | join('/') }}"
-      # This value will be used when the telemetry-tempest-plugin is released, and we no longer need to install from the master branch
-      # cifmw_test_operator_tempest_external_plugin: "{{ [] if change_item | length < 1 else [ { 'repository': 'https://' + external_plugin + '.git', 'changeRepository': 'https://review' + {{ external_plugin }}, 'changeRefspec': [ 'refs/changes', change_item[0].change[-2:], change_item[0].change, change_item[0].patchset ] | join('/') } ] }}"
 
 - project-template:
     name: rdo-telemetry-tempest-plugin-jobs