diff --git a/roles/vagrant_workarounds/tasks/main.yml b/roles/vagrant_workarounds/tasks/main.yml
index 875c9dec0..d5c3624b1 100644
--- a/roles/vagrant_workarounds/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/vagrant_workarounds/tasks/main.yml
@@ -24,3 +24,13 @@
       Pin-Priority: -10
   when:
     - ansible_os_family == 'Debian'
+
+# workaround for https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/issues/9268
+- name: never install Puppet 7.29.0 on EL
+  community.general.ini_file:
+    path: /etc/dnf/dnf.conf
+    section: main
+    option: excludepkgs
+    value: 'puppet-agent-7.29.0*'
+  when:
+    - ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'