diff --git a/CI/run_pytest.sh b/CI/run_pytest.sh
index baa7ef8e892fc2d9efdd30094917ca492017de3d..060569abac395c49d5a5fcda80a29726d5e9001a 100644
--- a/CI/run_pytest.sh
+++ b/CI/run_pytest.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # run pytest for all run_modules
-python3.6 -m pytest --html=report.html --self-contained-html test/ | tee test_results.out
+python -m pytest --html=report.html --self-contained-html test/ | tee test_results.out
 
 IS_FAILED=$?
 
diff --git a/CI/run_pytest_coverage.sh b/CI/run_pytest_coverage.sh
index 24d916b1a32da714abc2e5de0ac2b4c2790752a9..f6efaf2fb78223d3c41e7d7ba0a40c87befd3296 100644
--- a/CI/run_pytest_coverage.sh
+++ b/CI/run_pytest_coverage.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # run coverage twice, 1) for html deploy 2) for success evaluation
-python3.6 -m pytest --cov=mlair --cov-report term  --cov-report html test/ | tee coverage_results.out
+python -m pytest --cov=mlair --cov-report term  --cov-report html test/ | tee coverage_results.out
 
 IS_FAILED=$?