diff --git a/data/common/common.yaml b/data/common/common.yaml
--- a/data/common/common.yaml
+++ b/data/common/common.yaml
@@ -2840,6 +2840,8 @@
 swh::deploy::indexer_journal_client::content_mimetype::loglevel: INFO
 swh::deploy::indexer_journal_client::content_mimetype::journal_authentication: true
 
+swh::deploy::journal_client::brokers: "%{alias('swh::deploy::journal::brokers')}"
+
 # Contains a password: in private data
 swh::deploy::indexer_journal_client::content_mimetype::config:
   # FIXME: Required by BaseIndexer class code, unused in this context though
@@ -2847,7 +2849,7 @@
   indexer_storage: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::indexer::config::writable')}"
   objstorage: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::objstorage::config')}"
   journal:
-    brokers: "%{alias('swh::deploy::journal::brokers')}"
+    brokers: "%{alias('swh::deploy::journal_client::brokers')}"
     group_id: swh.indexer.journal_client.content_mimetype
     prefix: "%{alias('swh::deploy::journal::prefix')}"
   tools:
@@ -2868,7 +2870,7 @@
   indexer_storage: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::indexer::config::writable')}"
   objstorage: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::objstorage::config')}"
   journal:
-    brokers: "%{alias('swh::deploy::journal::brokers')}"
+    brokers: "%{alias('swh::deploy::journal_client::brokers')}"
     group_id: swh.indexer.journal_client.content_fossology_license
     prefix: "%{alias('swh::deploy::journal::prefix')}"
   workdir: /tmp/swh/indexer.fossology.license/
@@ -2908,7 +2910,7 @@
   objstorage: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::objstorage::config')}"
   storage: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::storage::config')}"
   journal:
-    brokers: "%{alias('swh::deploy::journal::brokers')}"
+    brokers: "%{alias('swh::deploy::journal_client::brokers')}"
     group_id: swh.indexer.journal_client.origin_intrinsic_metadata
     prefix: "%{alias('swh::deploy::journal::prefix')}"
     batch_size: "%{alias('swh::deploy::indexer_journal_client::origin_intrinsic_metadata::batch_size')}"
diff --git a/data/deployments/production/common.yaml b/data/deployments/production/common.yaml
--- a/data/deployments/production/common.yaml
+++ b/data/deployments/production/common.yaml
@@ -26,3 +26,10 @@
 memcached::server::max_memory: 1224
 
 cassandra::default_cluster_name: archive_production
+
+# In production, we pass through the public brokers
+swh::deploy::journal_client::brokers:
+  - broker1.journal.softwareheritage.org
+  - broker2.journal.softwareheritage.org
+  - broker3.journal.softwareheritage.org
+  - broker4.journal.softwareheritage.org