diff --git a/roles/xmpp_server/molecule/default/molecule.yml b/roles/xmpp_server/molecule/default/molecule.yml
index 09e8fde27880ce780a1455e20ce455b8cff94195..1919a1d306fa228098f69f7bf23825c8a7f6fb6f 100644
--- a/roles/xmpp_server/molecule/default/molecule.yml
+++ b/roles/xmpp_server/molecule/default/molecule.yml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ provisioner:
   config_options:
     defaults:
       force_valid_group_names: "ignore"
+      interpreter_python: "/usr/bin/python3"
     ssh_connection:
       pipelining: "True"
   lint: