diff --git a/manifests/globals.pp b/manifests/globals.pp
index e1e182d8..b975f967 100644
--- a/manifests/globals.pp
+++ b/manifests/globals.pp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
   Optional[String[1]] $version        = undef,
   Optional[String[1]] $client_version = undef,
   Boolean $manage_package_repo        = true,
-  String[1] $repo_version             = '5.0',
+  Optional[String[1]] $repo_version   = undef,
   Boolean $use_enterprise_repo        = false,
   Optional[String] $repo_location     = undef,
   Optional[String] $keyring_location  = undef,
diff --git a/manifests/repo.pp b/manifests/repo.pp
index 21c93be9..83b101f9 100644
--- a/manifests/repo.pp
+++ b/manifests/repo.pp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   Optional[String[1]] $proxy_password   = undef,
 ) {
   if $version == undef and $repo_location == undef {
-    fail('`version` or `repo_location` is required')
+    $version = '5.0'
   }
   if $version != undef and $repo_location != undef {
     fail('`version` is not supported with `repo_location`')