diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/odcs_backend_stg b/inventory/group_vars/odcs_backend_stg
index 5eff0a5e07..0941121dc3 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/odcs_backend_stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/odcs_backend_stg
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ odcs_allowed_source_types: ["tag", "module"]
 
 odcs_target_dir_url: https://odcs.stg.fedoraproject.org/composes
 
+ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3
+
 # For the MOTD
 csi_security_category: Low
 csi_primary_contact: Factory 2 factory2-members@fedoraproject.org
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/odcs_frontend_stg b/inventory/group_vars/odcs_frontend_stg
index dca19eb2cd..285b949f84 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/odcs_frontend_stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/odcs_frontend_stg
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ odcs_allowed_clients_users:
 
 nfs_mount_opts: "ro,hard,bg,intr,noatime,nodev,nosuid,nfsvers=3"
 
+ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3
+
 # For the MOTD
 csi_security_category: Low
 csi_primary_contact: Factory 2 factory2-members@fedoraproject.org