diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index 05e89c0..067a601 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -32,3 +32,7 @@ package_default_clean_src: false
 
 ## Extra config that usually will not need to be changed
 hyprgitbase: https://github.com/hyprwm
+
+# neovim configuration
+_pkgversion_neovim: v0.11.2
+_gitbranch_neovim: v0.11.2
diff --git a/vars/pkgs/neovim.yml b/vars/pkgs/neovim.yml
index efccea0..97a9763 100644
--- a/vars/pkgs/neovim.yml
+++ b/vars/pkgs/neovim.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # vim: set filetype=yaml.ansible :
 ---
 neovim:
-  version: v0.11.2
+  version: "{{ _pkgversion_neovim }}"
   build_type: Release
   clean_install: false
   git_repo: https://github.com/neovim/neovim
-  git_branch: v0.11.2
+  git_branch: "{{ _gitbranch_neovim }}"
   appimage:
     base_url: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download
     link_name: nvim