diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 7042071..2052dab 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -138,4 +138,5 @@
 3.0.1: RD-5970 ansible plugin role installation
 3.0.2: CYBL-1898 fix update venv workflow propositional argument and fix mis-match between plugin files.
 3.1.0: RD-5392 Kerberos Support
-3.1.1: Add missing configure task
\ No newline at end of file
+3.1.1: Add missing configure task
+3.1.2: Ignore system default for ansible because Cloudify requires python 3.
diff --git a/cloudify_ansible/tasks.py b/cloudify_ansible/tasks.py
index 34a65bc..86c2d38 100644
--- a/cloudify_ansible/tasks.py
+++ b/cloudify_ansible/tasks.py
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ def run(playbook_args, ansible_env_vars, _ctx, **kwargs):
                 _instance.runtime_properties[constants.WORKSPACE],
                 'ansible.cfg')
     }
+
     os.environ['CTX_NODE_INSTANCE_ID'] = _instance.id
     if 'KRB5_CONFIG' in _instance.runtime_properties:
         os.environ['KRB5_CONFIG'] = _instance.runtime_properties['KRB5_CONFIG']
@@ -132,6 +133,16 @@ def run(playbook_args, ansible_env_vars, _ctx, **kwargs):
             }
         )
 
+    playbook_env = _instance.runtime_properties.get('playbook_env')
+    if playbook_env and 'ANSIBLE_PYTHON_INTERPRETER' not in \
+            playbook_args['environment_variables']:
+        playbook_args['environment_variables'].update(
+            {
+                'ANSIBLE_PYTHON_INTERPRETER': os.path.join(
+                    playbook_env, 'bin/python')
+            }
+        )
+
     secure_log_playbook_args(_ctx, playbook_args)
     playbook = AnsiblePlaybookFromFile(**playbook_args)
     # check if ansible_playbook_executable_path was provided
@@ -277,6 +288,15 @@ def store_facts(playbook_args, ansible_env_vars, _ctx, **kwargs):
         'CTX_NODE_INSTANCE_ID': _instance.id,
     }
     os.environ['CTX_NODE_INSTANCE_ID'] = _instance.id
+    playbook_env = _instance.runtime_properties.get('playbook_env')
+    if playbook_env and 'ANSIBLE_PYTHON_INTERPRETER' not in \
+            playbook_args['environment_variables']:
+        playbook_args['environment_variables'].update(
+            {
+                'ANSIBLE_PYTHON_INTERPRETER': os.path.join(
+                    playbook_env, 'bin/python')
+            }
+        )
     _store_facts(
         playbook,
         ansible_env_vars,
diff --git a/plugin.yaml b/plugin.yaml
index ce71ca8..40de9ae 100644
--- a/plugin.yaml
+++ b/plugin.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ plugins:
   ansible:
     executor: central_deployment_agent
     package_name: cloudify-ansible-plugin
-    package_version: '3.1.1'
+    package_version: '3.1.2'
 
 dsl_definitions:
 
diff --git a/plugin_1_4.yaml b/plugin_1_4.yaml
index d988f1b..c01282a 100644
--- a/plugin_1_4.yaml
+++ b/plugin_1_4.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ plugins:
   ansible:
     executor: central_deployment_agent
     package_name: cloudify-ansible-plugin
-    package_version: '3.1.1'
+    package_version: '3.1.2'
 
 dsl_definitions:
 
diff --git a/v2_plugin.yaml b/v2_plugin.yaml
index 80f2cd8..d8b1a7e 100644
--- a/v2_plugin.yaml
+++ b/v2_plugin.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ plugins:
   ansible:
     executor: central_deployment_agent
     package_name: cloudify-ansible-plugin
-    package_version: '3.1.1'
+    package_version: '3.1.2'
 
 dsl_definitions: