diff --git a/playbooks/bgp/prepare-bgp-spines-leaves.yaml b/playbooks/bgp/prepare-bgp-spines-leaves.yaml
index f75595e92..c14ef9da9 100644
--- a/playbooks/bgp/prepare-bgp-spines-leaves.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/bgp/prepare-bgp-spines-leaves.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     fabric_list: "{{ leafs_list + spines_list + routers_list }}"
   tasks:
     - name: Start spine and leaf VMs
-      delegate_to: hypervisor
+      delegate_to: "{{ hostvars['controller-0'].cifmw_hypervisor_host }}"
       become: true
       community.libvirt.virt:
         name: "cifmw-{{ item }}"
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
       loop: "{{ routers_list }}"
 
     - name: Check SSH connectivity
-      delegate_to: hypervisor
+      delegate_to: "{{ hostvars['controller-0'].cifmw_hypervisor_host }}"
       ansible.builtin.wait_for:
         port: 22
         host: "{{ item }}.utility"
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@
         state: present
         reload: true
 
+    - name: Install internal CA
+      vars:
+        cifmw_install_ca_url_validate_certs: false
+      ansible.builtin.include_role:
+        name: install_ca
+
     - name: Check installed packages
       ansible.builtin.package_facts:
         manager: auto