diff --git a/roles/preseed/molecule/default/molecule.yml b/roles/preseed/molecule/default/molecule.yml
index ce6d6d3815d03f700dc4eb404c3ea479fa320266..9fced0c5c12245f2e6ecdfa2a3b3eba373c1e77c 100644
--- a/roles/preseed/molecule/default/molecule.yml
+++ b/roles/preseed/molecule/default/molecule.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ provisioner:
   config_options:
     defaults:
       force_valid_group_names: "ignore"
+      interpreter_python: "/usr/bin/python3"
     ssh_connection:
       pipelining: "True"
   lint: