diff --git a/ansible/roles/ml-analytics-service/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/ml-analytics-service/tasks/main.yml
index 948466942316f1c61482b1ff22ee5dfd5e73f06e..c7e625a022587fbf38202ee06a6cb23fbdf92e50 100755
--- a/ansible/roles/ml-analytics-service/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ml-analytics-service/tasks/main.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 - name: Install packages from requirement.txt
   pip:
     virtualenv: "{{WORKDIR }}/spark_venv"
-    virtualenv_python: python3.6
+    virtualenv_python: python3.8
     requirements: "{{ WORKDIR }}/ml-analytics-service/requirements.txt"
 
 - name: Creating a faust service shell file in executable mode