diff --git a/.github/workflows/notebook-checker.yml b/.github/workflows/notebook-checker.yml
index c1d9be6587..7f587cb2d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/notebook-checker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/notebook-checker.yml
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ jobs:
         pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install -U jupyter papermill
     - name: Run notebooks in docs
-      run: find docs -name "*.ipynb" -print0 | xargs -0 -I {} papermill {} /tmp/out.ipynb -p CI True --no-progress-bar --cwd /tmp/
+      run: find docs -name "*.ipynb" -print0 | xargs -0 -I {} papermill {} /tmp/out.ipynb -p CI True --kernel python3 --no-progress-bar --cwd /tmp/
     - name: Run notebooks in tutorials
-      run: find tutorials -name "*.ipynb" -print0 | xargs -0 -I {} papermill {} /tmp/out.ipynb -p CI True --no-progress-bar --cwd /tmp/
+      run: find tutorials -name "*.ipynb" -print0 | xargs -0 -I {} papermill {} /tmp/out.ipynb -p CI True --kernel python3 --no-progress-bar --cwd /tmp/
     - name: Send Slack notification on failure
       uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v1.24.0
       if: failure()