diff --git a/ansible/roles/cuda/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/cuda/defaults/main.yml
index 33a25d9b4..f41c17f70 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cuda/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/cuda/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cuda_distro: "rhel{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}"
 cuda_repo: "https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/{{ cuda_distro }}/x86_64/cuda-{{ cuda_distro }}.repo"
-cuda_driver_stream: default
+cuda_driver_stream: open-dkms
 cuda_package_version: 'latest'
 cuda_packages:
   - "cuda{{ ('-' + cuda_package_version) if cuda_package_version != 'latest' else '' }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/cuda/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/cuda/tasks/main.yml
index 22f8e9e8e..3dbc45268 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cuda/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/cuda/tasks/main.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   register: _cuda_driver_module_enabled
 
 - name: Enable nvidia driver module
-  ansible.builtin.command: "dnf module enable -y nvidia-driver:open-dkms"
+  ansible.builtin.command: "dnf module enable -y nvidia-driver:{{ cuda_driver_stream }}"
   register: _cuda_driver_module_enable
   when: "'No matching Modules to list' in _cuda_driver_module_enabled.stderr"
   changed_when: "'Nothing to do' not in _cuda_driver_module_enable.stdout"
diff --git a/packer/openhpc_extravars.yml b/packer/openhpc_extravars.yml
index 66f668649..7a78e3e51 100644
--- a/packer/openhpc_extravars.yml
+++ b/packer/openhpc_extravars.yml
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 workaround_ansible_issue_61497: yes # extravars files can't be empty
+cuda_driver_stream: 560-open # pinned to fix incompatibility cuda latest (12.6.2) being out of date for nvidia-driver latest (565.57.01), remove when fixed