diff --git a/etc/kayobe/environments/ci-multinode/globals.yml b/etc/kayobe/environments/ci-multinode/globals.yml
index 9fe415ecd..de497cb84 100644
--- a/etc/kayobe/environments/ci-multinode/globals.yml
+++ b/etc/kayobe/environments/ci-multinode/globals.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ os_release: >-
 stackhpc_write_barbican_role_id_to_file: true
 stackhpc_barbican_role_id_file_path: "/tmp/barbican-role-id"
 
+# Enable rebooting to update SELinux state
+selinux_do_reboot: true
+
 ###############################################################################
 # Dummy variable to allow Ansible to accept this file.
 workaround_ansible_issue_8743: yes