diff --git a/deploy/ansible/worker/include/setup_docker.yml b/deploy/ansible/worker/include/setup_docker.yml
index b01374188..d36ad818d 100644
--- a/deploy/ansible/worker/include/setup_docker.yml
+++ b/deploy/ansible/worker/include/setup_docker.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     - name: Install Docker Module for Python
       pip:
         name: docker
+        executable: pip3
 
     - name: Ensure group "docker" exists
       group:
diff --git a/deploy/ansible/worker/inventory.yml b/deploy/ansible/worker/inventory.yml
index a4061ebec..c6c52a6b3 100644
--- a/deploy/ansible/worker/inventory.yml
+++ b/deploy/ansible/worker/inventory.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ all:
             geth_dir: '/home/nucypher/geth/.ethereum/goerli/'
             geth_container_datadir: "/root/.ethereum/goerli"
             etherscan_domain: goerli.etherscan.io
+            ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3
 
             # these can be overridden at the instance level if desired
             NUCYPHER_KEYRING_PASSWORD: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxpanda