diff --git a/contrib/terraform/aws/modules/vpc/outputs.tf b/contrib/terraform/aws/modules/vpc/outputs.tf
index 2bb4bf309..b2a94a2e1 100644
--- a/contrib/terraform/aws/modules/vpc/outputs.tf
+++ b/contrib/terraform/aws/modules/vpc/outputs.tf
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ output "aws_security_group" {
 }
 
 output "default_tags" {
-    value = "${default_tags}"
+    value = "${var.default_tags}"
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/contrib/terraform/aws/output.tf b/contrib/terraform/aws/output.tf
index 8819b4558..51250306e 100644
--- a/contrib/terraform/aws/output.tf
+++ b/contrib/terraform/aws/output.tf
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ output "inventory" {
 }
 
 output "default_tags" {
-    value = "${default_tags}"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    value = "${var.default_tags}"
+}