diff --git a/debian/tests/control b/debian/tests/control
index 609198425016854afd3bef8fe0c64626921d9305..1bce8222d61fa1d1fc26d78b406324eebd9b0e28 100644
--- a/debian/tests/control
+++ b/debian/tests/control
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-Test-Command: cp -r tests $AUTOPKGTEST_TMP && cd $AUTOPKGTEST_TMP/tests && ./manage.py test -v2 testapp
+Test-Command: cp -r tests $AUTOPKGTEST_TMP && cd $AUTOPKGTEST_TMP/tests && python3 manage.py test -v2 testapp
 Restrictions: allow-stderr
 Features: test-name=testsuite