diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_workers b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_workers
index 5ec254a2a2..16b6f8f569 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_workers
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_workers
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ openqa_env: production
 # we are all NFS workers for now at least
 openqa_nfs_worker: true
 
+# 2021-07: deploying from u-t to get new builds that are tested on stg
+openqa_repo: updates-testing
+
 deployment_type: prod
 freezes: false