diff --git a/roles/backup_client/molecule/default/molecule.yml b/roles/backup_client/molecule/default/molecule.yml
index 8a2fbc34ba3f8c7963b662dd5f859ce5de90eb72..a97db4ee451de6de328a3d6c5a66e62fb73e0b4f 100644
--- a/roles/backup_client/molecule/default/molecule.yml
+++ b/roles/backup_client/molecule/default/molecule.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ provisioner:
   config_options:
     defaults:
       force_valid_group_names: "ignore"
+      interpreter_python: "/usr/bin/python3"
     ssh_connection:
       pipelining: "True"
   lint: