diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/releng_compose_riscv b/inventory/group_vars/releng_compose_riscv
index 9b632e84ec..9c07c1fc03 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/releng_compose_riscv
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/releng_compose_riscv
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ ipa_client_sudo_groups:
 ipa_host_group: releng-compose-riscv
 ipa_host_group_desc: Hosts running composes for riscv
 # for kojid config
+koji_instance: secondary
 koji_server_url: "https://riscv-koji.fedoraproject.org/kojihub"
 koji_topurl: "https://riscv-kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/"
 koji_weburl: "https://riscv-koji.fedoraproject.org/koji"