diff --git a/roles/pkgdb2/tasks/main.yml b/roles/pkgdb2/tasks/main.yml
index 292c08fc98..70b0f1d3b8 100644
--- a/roles/pkgdb2/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/pkgdb2/tasks/main.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@
   tags:
   - config
 
+- name: update the base_url in update_package_info
+  command: /usr/bin/sed -i -e 's|https://dl.fedoraproject.org|http://dl.phx2.fedoraproject.org|' /usr/bin/update_package_info.py
+  tags:
+  - config
+
 - name: set sebooleans so pkgdb2 can talk to the db
   action: seboolean name=httpd_can_network_connect_db
                     state=true