diff --git a/roles/common/molecule/default/molecule.yml b/roles/common/molecule/default/molecule.yml
index 7d05105c236af91314c6e7d383aefe71e656d9ba..e8157ed81e30c61b4ebfe54b3f062f8786d40431 100644
--- a/roles/common/molecule/default/molecule.yml
+++ b/roles/common/molecule/default/molecule.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ provisioner:
   config_options:
     defaults:
       force_valid_group_names: "ignore"
+      interpreter_python: "/usr/bin/python3"
     ssh_connection:
       pipelining: "True"
   lint: