diff --git a/deployment/ipa/ipaclient-baremetal-ansible.yaml b/deployment/ipa/ipaclient-baremetal-ansible.yaml
index d8dbedaec1..e30b72eb99 100644
--- a/deployment/ipa/ipaclient-baremetal-ansible.yaml
+++ b/deployment/ipa/ipaclient-baremetal-ansible.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ parameters:
   PythonInterpreter:
     type: string
     description: The python interpreter to use for python and ansible actions
-    default: /usr/bin/python
+    default: "$(command -v python3 || command -v python)"
   MakeHomeDir:
     type: boolean
     description: Configure PAM to create a users home directory if it does not exist.
diff --git a/deployment/ipa/ipaservices-baremetal-ansible.yaml b/deployment/ipa/ipaservices-baremetal-ansible.yaml
index 2583249456..b042171f9c 100644
--- a/deployment/ipa/ipaservices-baremetal-ansible.yaml
+++ b/deployment/ipa/ipaservices-baremetal-ansible.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ parameters:
   PythonInterpreter:
     type: string
     description: The python interpreter to use for python and ansible actions
-    default: "/usr/bin/python"
+    default: "$(command -v python3 || command -v python)"
   IdMDomain:
     default: ''
     description: IDM domain to register IDM client. Typically, this is discovered
diff --git a/deployment/neutron/neutron-ovs-agent-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/neutron/neutron-ovs-agent-container-puppet.yaml
index 06efb29aab..26dff5a96d 100644
--- a/deployment/neutron/neutron-ovs-agent-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/neutron/neutron-ovs-agent-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ parameters:
   PythonInterpreter:
     type: string
     description: The python interpreter to use for python and ansible actions
-    default: /usr/bin/python
+    default: "$(command -v python3 || command -v python)"
   NeutronEnableL2Pop:
     type: string
     description: Enable/disable the L2 population feature in the Neutron agents.