diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 6167d1d..f857224 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ deps = -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
 whitelist_externals = bash
 
 [testenv:bindep]
+basepython = python3
 # Do not install any requirements. We want this to be fast and work even if
 # system dependencies are missing, since it's used to tell you what system
 # dependencies are missing! This also means that bindep must be installed
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ deps = bindep
 commands = bindep test
 
 [testenv:pep8]
+basepython = python3
 commands =
     # Run hacking/flake8 check for all python files
     bash -c "git ls-files | grep -v releasenotes |  xargs grep --binary-files=without-match \
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ commands =
   bash ci-scripts/ansible-lint.sh
 
 [testenv:linters]
+basepython = python3
 deps =
     -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
     -r{toxinidir}/ansible-requirements.txt
@@ -46,10 +49,12 @@ commands =
     {[testenv:ansible-lint]commands}
 
 [testenv:releasenotes]
+basepython = python3
 whitelist_externals = bash
 commands = bash -c ci-scripts/releasenotes_tox.sh
 
 [testenv:venv]
+basepython = python3
 commands = {posargs}
 
 [flake8]