diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/composers b/inventory/group_vars/composers
index 93cf51b5d0..c95ba85d07 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/composers
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/composers
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ host_group: releng
 fedmsg_certs:
 - service: shell
   owner: root
-  group: sysadmin
+  group: root
   can_send:
   - logger.log
 - service: bodhi