diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/oci_registry_stg b/inventory/group_vars/oci_registry_stg
index fc65ae0c8e..c66fe4a6a5 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/oci_registry_stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/oci_registry_stg
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ proxy_tcp_ports: [
     ]
 
 nfs_mount_opts: "rw,hard,bg,intr,noatime,nodev,nosuid,sec=sys,nfsvers=3"
+
+ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3