diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/openqa b/inventory/group_vars/openqa
index 9271534988..1bb944605f 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/openqa
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/openqa
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ openqa_secret: "{{ prod_openqa_apisecret }}"
 # fedora-messaging bits, so let's make our own
 openqa_env_suffix:
 openqa_env: production
+# we also need to override the rabbitmq server name...
+rabbitmq_server: "rabbitmq01{{ openqa_env_suffix }}.phx2.fedoraproject.org"
 
 wikitcms_token: "{{ private }}/files/openidc/production/wikitcms.json"
 openqa_resultsdb_url: http://resultsdb01.qa.fedoraproject.org/resultsdb_api/api/v2.0/
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_stg b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_stg
index 01834c355e..2715148238 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_stg
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ openqa_secret: "{{ stg_openqa_apisecret }}"
 # fedora-messaging bits, so let's make our own
 openqa_env_suffix: .stg
 openqa_env: staging
+# we also need to override the rabbitmq server name...
+rabbitmq_server: "rabbitmq01{{ openqa_env_suffix }}.phx2.fedoraproject.org"
 
 # for now, we have the 'extra' arches (ppc64 and aarch64) on stg
 openqa_extraarches: true