diff --git a/setup_system.sh b/setup_system.sh
index fb79cd0..0f4d4ee 100755
--- a/setup_system.sh
+++ b/setup_system.sh
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ function setup_pip_packages() {
     echo "Installing Python packages into virtualenv $python_venv"
 
     ! [ -d "$opt_dir" ] && sudo mkdir "$opt_dir"
-    sudo python -m venv "$python_venv"
+    sudo python3 -m venv "$python_venv"
 
     # shellcheck disable=SC1091
     source "$python_venv/bin/activate"