diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/tasks/deploy.yml b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/tasks/deploy.yml
index 136a1182e98..ca75c91c3e9 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/tasks/deploy.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/tasks/deploy.yml
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
     - install:app-requirements
 
 - name: install node dependencies
-  shell: "easy_install --version && npm clean-install"
+  shell: "pip --version && npm clean-install"
   args:
     chdir: "{{ edxapp_code_dir }}"
   environment: "{{ edxapp_environment | combine(git_ssh_environment_mixin) }}"