diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/packaging/elasticsearch_plugin.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/packaging/elasticsearch_plugin.py
index 0f420ddb0c0..4d0b7964c3f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/packaging/elasticsearch_plugin.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/packaging/elasticsearch_plugin.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def install_plugin(module, plugin_bin, plugin_name, version, url, proxy_host, pr
     cmd_args = [plugin_bin, PACKAGE_STATE_MAP["present"], plugin_name]
 
     if version:
-        name = name + '/' + version
+        plugin_name = plugin_name + '/' + version
 
     if proxy_host and proxy_port:
         cmd_args.append("-DproxyHost=%s -DproxyPort=%s" % (proxy_host, proxy_port))