diff --git a/doc/notification_samples/service-update.json b/doc/notification_samples/service-update.json
index f1e7e0bd9e..78380d79f9 100644
--- a/doc/notification_samples/service-update.json
+++ b/doc/notification_samples/service-update.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
             "disabled_reason": null,
             "report_count": 1,
             "forced_down": false,
-            "version": 8
+            "version": %(current_service_version)s
         }
     },
     "event_type": "service.update",
diff --git a/nova/tests/functional/notification_sample_tests/notification_sample_base.py b/nova/tests/functional/notification_sample_tests/notification_sample_base.py
index 56724e4fee..df4cf5bdf8 100644
--- a/nova/tests/functional/notification_sample_tests/notification_sample_base.py
+++ b/nova/tests/functional/notification_sample_tests/notification_sample_base.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import os
 
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils
 
+from nova.objects import service as service_obj
 from nova import test
 from nova.tests import fixtures as nova_fixtures
 from nova.tests.unit import fake_notifier
@@ -85,6 +86,8 @@ class NotificationSampleTestBase(test.TestCase):
 
         with open(self._get_notification_sample(sample_file_name)) as sample:
             sample_data = sample.read()
+            sample_data = sample_data % {
+                "current_service_version": service_obj.SERVICE_VERSION}
 
         sample_obj = jsonutils.loads(sample_data)
         self._apply_replacements(replacements, sample_obj)