diff --git a/roles/mail_forwarder/molecule/default/molecule.yml b/roles/mail_forwarder/molecule/default/molecule.yml
index 67db5205e686a348d31f66d2672b439e5f0e19b2..ad9fe929a026532fe5529057450f44a4aae200d8 100644
--- a/roles/mail_forwarder/molecule/default/molecule.yml
+++ b/roles/mail_forwarder/molecule/default/molecule.yml
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ provisioner:
   config_options:
     defaults:
       force_valid_group_names: "ignore"
+      interpreter_python: "/usr/bin/python3"
     ssh_connection:
       pipelining: "True"
   lint: