diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/osbs_masters_stg b/inventory/group_vars/osbs_masters_stg
index 3ded7409e1..d7914d85b8 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/osbs_masters_stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/osbs_masters_stg
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ lvm_size: 60000
 mem_size: 8192
 num_cpus: 2
 
+ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python3"
+
 tcp_ports: [ 80, 443, 8443]
 
 openshift_node_labels: {'region':'infra'}
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/osbs_nodes_stg b/inventory/group_vars/osbs_nodes_stg
index fd8002c4e8..e6f5edef3f 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/osbs_nodes_stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/osbs_nodes_stg
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ lvm_size: 60000
 mem_size: 8192
 num_cpus: 2
 
+ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python3"
+
 tcp_ports: [ 80, 443, 8443, 10250]
 
 openshift_node_labels: {'region': 'primary', 'zone': 'default'}