diff --git a/roles/common/playbook.yml b/roles/common/playbook.yml
index 86b24d9b467dd69a60ab0cb4ce521fb7563cc85f..9a2b37a515fda97f413f23f3db049a0ac5d83496 100644
--- a/roles/common/playbook.yml
+++ b/roles/common/playbook.yml
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@
       pipreqcheck_gid: 2500
       prompt_colour: cyan
       prompt_id: test
+      # Purposefully set this to 3 servers to make sure we are
+      # overriding the default configuration.
+      ntp_servers:
+        - "0.debian.pool.ntp.org"
+        - "1.debian.pool.ntp.org"
+        - "2.debian.pool.ntp.org"
       # From backup_client role meta dependency.
       backup_encryption_key: "{{ lookup('file', 'tests/data/gnupg/backup_encryption_key') }}"
       backup_server: backup-server