diff --git a/gso/oss-params-example.json b/gso/oss-params-example.json
index cc46f4f52f82ac0d768772ee642733bb9873b4db..7165e0abf060fdaee724307a3ffbdaff1beb4270 100644
--- a/gso/oss-params-example.json
+++ b/gso/oss-params-example.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "IPAM": {
     "INFOBLOX": {
       "scheme": "https",
-      "wapi_version": "v2.12",
+      "wapi_version": "2.12",
       "host": "10.0.0.1",
       "username": "robot-user",
       "password": "robot-user-password"
diff --git a/gso/services/infoblox.py b/gso/services/infoblox.py
index fca0965cc75b60c858edaa457ee217939ea598e8..9945df6eafdec56de12291a06417b76f6d29c3f9 100644
--- a/gso/services/infoblox.py
+++ b/gso/services/infoblox.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def _setup_connection() -> tuple[connector.Connector, IPAMParams]:
         "host": oss.INFOBLOX.host,
         "username": oss.INFOBLOX.username,
         "password": oss.INFOBLOX.password,
-        "wapi_version": oss.INFOBLOX.wapi_version[1:],  # remove the 'v' in front of the version number
+        "wapi_version": oss.INFOBLOX.wapi_version,
         "ssl_verify": True if oss.INFOBLOX.scheme == "https" else False,
     }
     return connector.Connector(options), oss