diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/oci_registry b/inventory/group_vars/oci_registry
index c32a3b3097..78ff853669 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/oci_registry
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/oci_registry
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ proxy_tcp_ports: [
     ]
 
 nfs_mount_opts: "rw,hard,bg,intr,noatime,nodev,nosuid,sec=sys,nfsvers=3"
+
+ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3