diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_and_validate.yml b/.github/workflows/test_and_validate.yml
index a4cdd6e878..0cf6ae0178 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_and_validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_and_validate.yml
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Init Python Dependencies
         if: steps.cache-unix-py3-dependencies.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: |
-          python -m venv .venv
+          python3 -m venv .venv
           . .venv/bin/activate
           pip install pip
           pip install numpy