diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/AdoptOpenJDK_AIX_Playbook/main.yml b/ansible/playbooks/AdoptOpenJDK_AIX_Playbook/main.yml
index 992b027c07..ed138144a2 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/AdoptOpenJDK_AIX_Playbook/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/AdoptOpenJDK_AIX_Playbook/main.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
     PATH: "/opt/IBM/xlC/13.1.3/bin:/opt/freeware/bin:{{ ansible_env.PATH }}"
     PERL_MB_OPT: "--install_base /opt/freeware"
     PERL_MM_OPT: "INSTALL_BASE=/opt/freeware"
+  vars:
+    ansible_python_interpreter: /opt/freeware/bin/python3
 
   roles:
     - role: logs