diff --git a/home/bin/deboco b/home/bin/deboco
index 6f7f70a..16022dc 100755
--- a/home/bin/deboco
+++ b/home/bin/deboco
@@ -174,6 +174,20 @@ deboco__init()
 		fi
 	fi
 
+	local bug_3715_is_fixed='false'
+	if [ "$bug_3715_is_fixed" = 'false' ]
+	then
+		# make sure that the python version is at least 3.10 so that ansible>=2.15 is installed (as debops 3.1 requires ansible>=2.15)
+		replace_in_file "$debops_update_script_path" \
+			'virtualenv --quiet -- ' \
+			'/usr/bin/python3.10 -m venv '
+		if [ $? != "$RETURNCODE_SUCCESS" ]
+		then
+			return $RETURNCODE_ERROR
+		fi
+	fi
+
+
 	local virtual_env_path=$(controller__get_virtualenv_path "$debops_controller_path")
 	# no need to call update-debops.sh since update-dev.sh does it
 	DEBOPS_VENV="$virtual_env_path" "$local_repos_path/bin/update-dev.sh"