diff --git a/manifests/rabbitmq.pp b/manifests/rabbitmq.pp
index e828dcfe9..c9bf5b447 100644
--- a/manifests/rabbitmq.pp
+++ b/manifests/rabbitmq.pp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class openstack_integration::rabbitmq {
       ssl_cert              => $::openstack_integration::params::cert_path,
       ssl_key               => "/etc/rabbitmq/ssl/private/${::fqdn}.pem",
       environment_variables => $::openstack_integration::config::rabbit_env,
+      repos_ensure          => false,
     }
   } else {
     class { '::rabbitmq':
diff --git a/run_tests.sh b/run_tests.sh
index 86642a70a..3b474e8c6 100755
--- a/run_tests.sh
+++ b/run_tests.sh
@@ -198,6 +198,11 @@ TESTS="${TESTS} TestManageQueue"
 
 print_header 'Running Tempest'
 cd /tmp/openstack/tempest
+
+# https://review.openstack.org/#/c/297511/ broke our gate
+# we pin Tempest until we sort this out.
+git checkout a3c7945a5fff6be018de7a56a3faa59acc29f6bc
+
 tox -eall-plugin -- --concurrency=2 $TESTS
 RESULT=$?
 set -e