diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/openqa b/inventory/group_vars/openqa
index 62ee8da3cb..c3579584e1 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/openqa
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/openqa
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ openqa_nfs_workers: "{{ groups['openqa_workers'] }}"
 openqa_resultsdb_url: https://resultsdb.fedoraproject.org/api/v2.0/
 openqa_resultsdb_user: "{{ prod_resultsdb_httpd_user }}"
 openqa_resultsdb_password: "{{ prod_resultsdb_httpd_password }}"
+# using u-t for prod temporarily to get 202606 snapshots
+openqa_repo: updates-testing
 openqa_secret: "{{ prod_openqa_apisecret }}"
 openqa_update_arches: ['aarch64', 'x86_64']
 openqa_webapi_plugins: FedoraMessaging
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_workers b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_workers
index 2022a63e3e..370138ad36 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_workers
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_workers
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ openqa_hostname: openqa01.rdu3.fedoraproject.org
 openqa_key: "{{ prod_openqa_apikey }}"
 # we are all NFS workers for now at least
 openqa_nfs_worker: true
+# using u-t for prod temporarily to get 202606 snapshots
+openqa_repo: updates-testing
 openqa_secret: "{{ prod_openqa_apisecret }}"
 openqa_workers: 4
 primary_auth_source: ipa