diff --git a/roles/database/molecule/default/molecule.yml b/roles/database/molecule/default/molecule.yml
index a91a59f9e85a6a754d7d49f184909dc83b89080a..a6e0f9bfafa00aa778df2e3d60e420d46c8a44fb 100644
--- a/roles/database/molecule/default/molecule.yml
+++ b/roles/database/molecule/default/molecule.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ provisioner:
   config_options:
     defaults:
       force_valid_group_names: "ignore"
+      interpreter_python: "/usr/bin/python3"
     ssh_connection:
       pipelining: "True"
   lint: