diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/arm_packager b/inventory/group_vars/arm_packager
index 60a8064e1a..752b1af274 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/arm_packager
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/arm_packager
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ sudoers: "{{ private }}/files/sudo/arm-packager-sudoers"
 sudoers_main: nopasswd
 host_group: cloud
 ansible_ifcfg_blacklist: true 
+ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/arm_qa b/inventory/group_vars/arm_qa
index 0b11f8386b..0116bef3d5 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/arm_qa
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/arm_qa
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ sudoers_main: nopasswd
 libdir: /usr/lib
 host_group: cloud
 ansible_ifcfg_blacklist: true
+ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3