diff --git a/roles/database_server/molecule/default/molecule.yml b/roles/database_server/molecule/default/molecule.yml
index 761eaa987c93a9f0842141b78771a3c932582080..1b85feb798d0e2405fe18725b7c7856ed9e5d7b6 100644
--- a/roles/database_server/molecule/default/molecule.yml
+++ b/roles/database_server/molecule/default/molecule.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ provisioner:
   config_options:
     defaults:
       force_valid_group_names: "ignore"
+      interpreter_python: "/usr/bin/python3"
     ssh_connection:
       pipelining: "True"
   lint: