diff --git a/playbooks/roles/zuul-executor/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/zuul-executor/tasks/main.yaml
index da0545f2a8..72a1e85c0c 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/zuul-executor/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/zuul-executor/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
 - name: Install zuul
   shell:
-    cmd: pip install .
+    cmd: pip3 install .
     chdir: /opt/zuul
   when: zuul_repo is changed