diff --git a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml
index 474d5e38a2..e64df381e5 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
     command: /usr/bin/alembic -c /usr/share/bodhi/alembic.ini upgrade head
     args:
       chdir: /usr/share/bodhi/
+    when: inventory_hostname.startswith('bodhi-backend01')
 
   - name: And... start the backend again
     service: name="fedmsg-hub" state=started