diff --git a/ansible/roles/docker/templates/ubuntu2004.Dockerfile.j2 b/ansible/roles/docker/templates/ubuntu2004.Dockerfile.j2
index 09a0dc94d..5e52c9337 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/docker/templates/ubuntu2004.Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/docker/templates/ubuntu2004.Dockerfile.j2
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade -y && apt-get install -y \
     openjdk-8-jre-headless \
     curl \
     python3-pip \
+    python-is-python3 \
     libfontconfig1
 
 RUN pip3 install tap2junit
diff --git a/ansible/roles/docker/templates/ubuntu2004_sharedlibs.Dockerfile.j2 b/ansible/roles/docker/templates/ubuntu2004_sharedlibs.Dockerfile.j2
index f17290066..493715605 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/docker/templates/ubuntu2004_sharedlibs.Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/docker/templates/ubuntu2004_sharedlibs.Dockerfile.j2
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install apt-utils -y && \
       pkg-config \
       curl \
       python3-pip \
+      python-is-python3 \
       libfontconfig1
 
 RUN pip3 install tap2junit