diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev
index 20f62b4dbe..51fb472514 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ robots_path: /var/www/html
 freezes: false
 
 fas_client_groups: sysadmin-qa,sysadmin-main,fi-apprentice,sysadmin-noc,sysadmin-veteran
+
+# excluding python3-autobahn due to broken dependencies in Fedora 29
+package_excludes: 'python3-autobahn'
+
 ############################################################
 # task repo details
 ############################################################
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-prod b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-prod
index 6bea13e847..99aa6f4938 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-prod
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-prod
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ robots_path: /var/www/html
 # this enables extra repos during dnf operations
 extra_enablerepos: ''
 
+# excluding python3-autobahn due to broken dependencies in Fedora 29
+package_excludes: 'python3-autobahn'
+
 ############################################################
 # task repo details
 ############################################################
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-stg b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-stg
index c16d95215d..a12c11969c 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-stg
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ freezes: false
 # decide whether to use prod or stg fedsmg bus
 fedmsg_env: prod
 
+# excluding python3-autobahn due to broken dependencies in Fedora 29
+package_excludes: 'python3-autobahn'
+
 ############################################################
 # task repo details
 ############################################################