diff --git a/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update.sh b/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update.sh
index 6b6b9072dc..f60e518fa5 100755
--- a/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update.sh
+++ b/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if [ "x${previous}" != "x" ] ; then
 fi
 
 # initialize transifex client
-tx init
+tx init --host=https://www.transifex.com
 tx set --auto-local -r ${PROJECT}.${PROJECT}-translations "${PROJECT}/locale/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES/${PROJECT}.po" --source-lang en --source-file ${PROJECT}/locale/${PROJECT}.pot --execute
 
 # Pull all upstream translations
diff --git a/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/upstream_translation_update.sh b/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/upstream_translation_update.sh
index 17a3df64f8..9904049291 100755
--- a/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/upstream_translation_update.sh
+++ b/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/upstream_translation_update.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ git config user.name "OpenStack Jenkins"
 git config user.email "jenkins@openstack.org"
 
 # initialize transifex client
-tx init
+tx init --host=https://www.transifex.com
 tx set --auto-local -r ${PROJECT}.${PROJECT}-translations "${PROJECT}/locale/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES/${PROJECT}.po" --source-lang en --source-file ${PROJECT}/locale/${PROJECT}.pot --execute
 
 # Pull all upstream translations