diff --git a/roles/repo_setup/README.md b/roles/repo_setup/README.md
index 6b7f41657f..2ccc9b0594 100644
--- a/roles/repo_setup/README.md
+++ b/roles/repo_setup/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ using `cifmw_repo_setup_src` role default var.
 * `cifmw_repo_setup_rdo_mirror`: (String) Address from which to install RDO packages. Defaults to `{{ cifmw_repo_setup_dlrn_uri }}`.
 * `cifmw_repo_setup_os_release`: (String) Operating system release. Defaults to `{{ ansible_distribution|lower }}`.
 * `cifmw_repo_setup_src`: (String) repo-setup repository location. Defaults to `https://github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/repo-setup`.
+* `cifmw_repo_setup_git_ref`: (String) Git branch, tag, or commit to checkout when cloning repo-setup repository. Only applies when `cifmw_repo_setup_src` is a git URL. Defaults to `main`.
 * `cifmw_repo_setup_output`: (String) Repository files output. Defaults to `{{ cifmw_repo_setup_basedir }}/artifacts/repositories`.
 * `cifmw_repo_setup_additional_repos`: (String) Additional repos(ceph, deps) to enable. Defaults to `''`.
 * `cifmw_repo_setup_env`: (Dict) Environment variables to be passed to repo_setup cli . Defaults to `'{}'`.
diff --git a/roles/repo_setup/defaults/main.yml b/roles/repo_setup/defaults/main.yml
index 5929b16e41..c88cb828f6 100644
--- a/roles/repo_setup/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/repo_setup/defaults/main.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ cifmw_repo_setup_rdo_mirror: "{{ cifmw_repo_setup_dlrn_uri }}"
 cifmw_repo_setup_os_release: "{{ ansible_distribution | lower }}"
 cifmw_repo_setup_dist_major_version: "{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}"
 cifmw_repo_setup_src: "https://github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/repo-setup"
+cifmw_repo_setup_git_ref: "main"
 cifmw_repo_setup_output: "{{ cifmw_repo_setup_basedir }}/artifacts/repositories"
 cifmw_repo_setup_env: {}
 cifmw_repo_setup_additional_repos: ''
diff --git a/roles/repo_setup/tasks/install.yml b/roles/repo_setup/tasks/install.yml
index e47676adeb..a2a3f85003 100644
--- a/roles/repo_setup/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/repo_setup/tasks/install.yml
@@ -18,11 +18,21 @@
     - packages
     - bootstrap
 
-- name: Get repo-setup repository # noqa: latest[git]
+- name: Get repo-setup repository (from local path)
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: "{{ cifmw_repo_setup_src }}/"
+    dest: "{{ cifmw_repo_setup_basedir }}/tmp/repo-setup"
+    remote_src: true
+    mode: preserve
+  when: cifmw_repo_setup_src is match('^/')
+
+- name: Get repo-setup repository (from git URL)
   ansible.builtin.git:
     accept_hostkey: true
     dest: "{{ cifmw_repo_setup_basedir }}/tmp/repo-setup"
     repo: "{{ cifmw_repo_setup_src }}"
+    version: "{{ cifmw_repo_setup_git_ref }}"
+  when: cifmw_repo_setup_src is not match('^/')
 
 - name: Initialize python venv and install requirements
   ansible.builtin.pip: