diff --git a/modules/rpm-ostree/README.md b/modules/rpm-ostree/README.md
index 7c44777..398bdc7 100644
--- a/modules/rpm-ostree/README.md
+++ b/modules/rpm-ostree/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The module first downloads the repository files from repositories declared under
 
 Then the module installs the packages declared under `install:` using `rpm-ostree install`, it removes the packages declared under `remove:` using `rpm-ostree override remove`. If there are packages declared under both `install:` and `remove:` a hybrid command `rpm-ostree remove <packages> --install <packages>` is used, which should allow you to switch required packages for other ones.
 
-Installing RPM packages directly from a `http(s)` url that points to the RPM file is also supported, you can just put the URLs under `install:` and they'll be installed along with the other packages.
+Installing RPM packages directly from a `http(s)` url that points to the RPM file is also supported, you can just put the URLs under `install:` and they'll be installed along with the other packages. The magic string `%OS_VERSION%` is substituted with the current VERSION_ID (major Fedora version) like with the `repos:` property.
 
 :::note
 [Removed packages are still present in the underlying ostree repository](https://coreos.github.io/rpm-ostree/administrator-handbook/#removing-a-base-package), what `remove` does is kind of like hiding them from the system, it doesn't free up storage space.
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ When removing certain packages, some problem probably in upstream `rpm-ostree` c
 Resolving dependencies...done
 error: Could not depsolve transaction; 1 problem detected:
 Problem: conflicting requests
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
diff --git a/modules/rpm-ostree/rpm-ostree.sh b/modules/rpm-ostree/rpm-ostree.sh
index 50384a1..021cd4c 100644
--- a/modules/rpm-ostree/rpm-ostree.sh
+++ b/modules/rpm-ostree/rpm-ostree.sh
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ get_yaml_array REMOVE '.remove[]' "$1"
 if [[ ${#INSTALL[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
     for PKG in "${INSTALL[@]}"; do
         if [[ "$PKG" =~ ^https?:\/\/.* ]]; then
-            echo "Installing directly from URL: ${PKG}"
-            rpm-ostree install "$PKG"
+            REPLACED_PKG="${PKG//%OS_VERSION%/${OS_VERSION}}"
+            echo "Installing directly from URL: ${REPLACED_PKG}"
+            rpm-ostree install "$REPLACED_PKG"
             INSTALL=( "${INSTALL[@]/$PKG}" ) # delete URL from install array
         fi
     done