diff --git a/ansible/roles/realsense/defaults/main.yaml b/ansible/roles/realsense/defaults/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..be77045cc09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/realsense/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+realsense__librealsense_version: v2.56.2
diff --git a/ansible/roles/realsense/tasks/main.yaml b/ansible/roles/realsense/tasks/main.yaml
index 429e0192ad9..4fb96fc729c 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/realsense/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/ansible/roles/realsense/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.git:
     repo: https://github.com/IntelRealSense/librealsense.git
     dest: /tmp/librealsense
-    version: v2.56.0
+    version: "{{ realsense__librealsense_version }}"
   become: true
 
 - name: Check CUDA installation