diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5c5e1a38e6313a6557a82196851c9166f629dd95..87385885d94415cc8b7b7aac72cccee8e30e5338 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ navipy_install:
 
   script:
   - pip3 install virtualenv
-  - virtualenv venv
+  - virtualenv -p python3 venv
   - source venv/bin/activate
   - pip3 install .