diff --git a/playbooks/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index ba1dd91e43d..8f524dca62a 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@
     name: "{{ common_pip_pkgs }}"
     state: present
     extra_args: "-i {{ COMMON_PYPI_MIRROR_URL }}"
+    executable: pip3
   when: ansible_distribution in common_debian_variants