diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/clustering/consul.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/clustering/consul.py
index e96e7524ae..27c3e84260 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/clustering/consul.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/clustering/consul.py
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ def get_consul_api(module, token=None):
     return consul.Consul(host=module.params.get('host'),
                          port=module.params.get('port'),
                          scheme=module.params.get('scheme'),
-                         validate_certs=module.params.get('validate_certs'),
+                         verify=module.params.get('validate_certs'),
                          token=module.params.get('token'))
 
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/clustering/consul_acl.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/clustering/consul_acl.py
index b1c7763a55..34c569b250 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/clustering/consul_acl.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/clustering/consul_acl.py
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ def get_consul_api(module, token=None):
     return consul.Consul(host=module.params.get('host'),
                          port=module.params.get('port'),
                          scheme=module.params.get('scheme'),
-                         validate_certs=module.params.get('validate_certs'),
+                         verify=module.params.get('validate_certs'),
                          token=token)
 
 def test_dependencies(module):
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/clustering/consul_kv.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/clustering/consul_kv.py
index 4dbf607290..8163cbd986 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/clustering/consul_kv.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/clustering/consul_kv.py
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ def get_consul_api(module, token=None):
     return consul.Consul(host=module.params.get('host'),
                          port=module.params.get('port'),
                          scheme=module.params.get('scheme'),
-                         validate_certs=module.params.get('validate_certs'),
+                         verify=module.params.get('validate_certs'),
                          token=module.params.get('token'))
 
 def test_dependencies(module):