diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/tasks/main.yml
index 421a0789a..78b0510a7 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/tasks/main.yml
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@
 - name: "Update apt cache if Ubuntu/Debian"
   apt:
     update_cache: yes
-  vars:
-    ansible_python_interpreter: '/usr/bin/python'
   when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"
+  vars:
+    ansible_python_interpreter: '/usr/bin/python3'
 
 - name: "Load distribution defaults"
   include_vars: "{{ item }}"
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
   action: "{{ ansible_pkg_mgr }} name={{ item }} state=present"
   with_items: "{{ required_packages }}"
   vars:
-    ansible_python_interpreter: '/usr/bin/python'
+    ansible_python_interpreter: '/usr/bin/python3'
 
 - include: prepare_libvirt.yml
 
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/venv_python_path/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/venv_python_path/tasks/main.yml
index a81b03615..e818a9927 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/venv_python_path/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/venv_python_path/tasks/main.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
     enable_venv: true
   when: lookup('env', 'VENV') | length > 0
 
-- name: "Retrieve venv python path"
-  shell: "/bin/echo -e \"import sys\\nprint(':'.join(sys.path))\" | {{ ansible_python.get('executable', '/usr/bin/python').split('/')[-1] }}"
+- name: "Retrieve venv python3 path"
+  shell: "/bin/echo -e \"import sys\\nprint(':'.join(sys.path))\" | {{ ansible_python.get('executable', '/usr/bin/python3').split('/')[-1] }}"
   environment: "{{ bifrost_venv_env | default({}) }}"
   register: venv_pythonpath_result
   when: enable_venv
diff --git a/scripts/test-bifrost.sh b/scripts/test-bifrost.sh
index be33d4025..d95129b1c 100755
--- a/scripts/test-bifrost.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-bifrost.sh
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ if [ ${USE_VENV} = "true" ]; then
     set -u
     ANSIBLE=${VENV}/bin/ansible-playbook
     ENABLE_VENV="true"
-    ANSIBLE_PYTHON_INTERP=${VENV}/bin/python
+    ANSIBLE_PYTHON_INTERP=${VENV}/bin/python3
 else
     $SCRIPT_HOME/env-setup.sh
     ANSIBLE=${HOME}/.local/bin/ansible-playbook
-    ANSIBLE_PYTHON_INTERP=$(which python)
+    ANSIBLE_PYTHON_INTERP=$(which python3)
 fi
 
 # Adjust options for DHCP, VM, or Keystone tests