diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index f8f12a0269fb124bed7efa93b1826a66cfca5982..c6e9fa637ab4410b58cf33c1ca9889781df51daf 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 exclude: '^docs/conf.py'
 
 default_language_version:
-    python: python3
+    python: python3.7
 
 repos:
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks