diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab
index 47f62a6c67..f5b7ae06a7 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ openqa_env: staging
 # ON THE EDGE (radical guitar riff)
 openqa_repo: updates-testing
 
+# 2021-08 git bump
+openqa_scratch: ["73301622", "73292590", "73301275"]
+
 wikitcms_token: "{{ private }}/files/openidc/staging/wikitcms.json"
 openqa_wikitcms_hostname: stg.fedoraproject.org
 openqa_resultsdb_url: http://resultsdb01.stg.iad2.fedoraproject.org/resultsdb_api/api/v2.0/
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab_workers b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab_workers
index 4f0ae0f733..c88b228e5f 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab_workers
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab_workers
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ openqa_env: staging
 # staging, we live ON THE EDGE (radical guitar riff)
 openqa_repo: updates-testing
 
-# debugging for an annoying test incompletion issue
-openqa_scratch: ["72418949"]
+# 2021-08 git bump
+openqa_scratch: ["73301622", "73292590", "73301275"]
 
 # testing a feature from a branch
 openqa_createhdds_branch: desktop-upgrade-aarch64