diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 07dd5630d..8d71569e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       #   languages: go, javascript, csharp, python, cpp, java
 
     - name: Build kitty
-      run: python .github/workflows/ci.py build
+      run: python3 .github/workflows/ci.py build
 
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
       uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1