diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_stg b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_stg
index 457f57478a..8edd353e7a 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_stg
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 # this is to enable nested virt, which we need for disk image creation
 virt_install_command: "{{ virt_install_command_one_nic }} --cpu=host-passthrough,+vmx"
 
+# These boxes are F30, so we need Python 3 ansible
+ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3
+
 external_hostname: openqa.stg.fedoraproject.org
 
 openqa_static_uid: 601
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_stg_workers b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_stg_workers
index b08d62e60a..af52af9d5d 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_stg_workers
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_stg_workers
@@ -4,5 +4,8 @@ openqa_hostname: openqa-stg01.qa.fedoraproject.org
 openqa_key: "{{ stg_openqa_apikey }}"
 openqa_secret: "{{ stg_openqa_apisecret }}"
 
+# These boxes are F30, so we need Python 3 ansible
+ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3
+
 deployment_type: stg
 freezes: false