diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/mbs-frontend b/inventory/group_vars/mbs-frontend
index 34e3981f0a..b84a047deb 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/mbs-frontend
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/mbs-frontend
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ fas_client_groups: sysadmin-noc,sysadmin-releng
 # These are consumed by a task in roles/fedmsg/base/main.yml
 fedmsg_certs:
 - service: mbs
-  owner: root
-  group: apache 
+  owner: fedmsg
+  group: fedmsg
   can_send:
   - mbs.module.state.change
   # Only the backend sends this message..
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/mbs-frontend-stg b/inventory/group_vars/mbs-frontend-stg
index 1c104763c7..0b692933c7 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/mbs-frontend-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/mbs-frontend-stg
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ fas_client_groups: sysadmin-noc,sysadmin-releng
 # These are consumed by a task in roles/fedmsg/base/main.yml
 fedmsg_certs:
 - service: mbs
-  owner: root
-  group: apache 
+  owner: fedmsg
+  group: fedmsg
   can_send:
   - mbs.module.state.change
   # Only the backend sends this message..