diff --git a/bench/cli.py b/bench/cli.py
index d01b6eb2a..e2e462fad 100755
--- a/bench/cli.py
+++ b/bench/cli.py
@@ -190,13 +190,13 @@ def change_uid():
 
 
 def app_cmd(bench_path="."):
-	f = get_env_cmd("python", bench_path=bench_path)
+	f = get_env_cmd("python*", bench_path=bench_path)
 	os.chdir(os.path.join(bench_path, "sites"))
 	os.execv(f, [f] + ["-m", "frappe.utils.bench_helper"] + sys.argv[1:])
 
 
 def frappe_cmd(bench_path="."):
-	f = get_env_cmd("python", bench_path=bench_path)
+	f = get_env_cmd("python*", bench_path=bench_path)
 	os.chdir(os.path.join(bench_path, "sites"))
 	os.execv(f, [f] + ["-m", "frappe.utils.bench_helper", "frappe"] + sys.argv[1:])
 
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ def get_frappe_commands():
 
 
 def get_frappe_help(bench_path="."):
-	python = get_env_cmd("python", bench_path=bench_path)
+	python = get_env_cmd("python*", bench_path=bench_path)
 	sites_path = os.path.join(bench_path, "sites")
 	try:
 		out = get_cmd_output(
diff --git a/bench/commands/make.py b/bench/commands/make.py
index 42ce08cd6..2895f79d8 100755
--- a/bench/commands/make.py
+++ b/bench/commands/make.py
@@ -227,5 +227,5 @@ def pip(ctx, args):
 
 	from bench.utils.bench import get_env_cmd
 
-	env_py = get_env_cmd("python")
+	env_py = get_env_cmd("python*")
 	os.execv(env_py, (env_py, "-m", "pip") + args)
diff --git a/bench/utils/__init__.py b/bench/utils/__init__.py
index 778e5319a..9a14920fc 100644
--- a/bench/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/bench/utils/__init__.py
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ def run_frappe_cmd(*args, **kwargs):
 	from bench.utils.bench import get_env_cmd
 
 	bench_path = kwargs.get("bench_path", ".")
-	f = get_env_cmd("python", bench_path=bench_path)
+	f = get_env_cmd("python*", bench_path=bench_path)
 	sites_dir = os.path.join(bench_path, "sites")
 
 	is_async = not from_command_line
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ def generate_command_cache(bench_path=".") -> List:
 	"""
 	from bench.utils.bench import get_env_cmd
 
-	python = get_env_cmd("python", bench_path=bench_path)
+	python = get_env_cmd("python*", bench_path=bench_path)
 	sites_path = os.path.join(bench_path, "sites")
 
 	if os.path.exists(bench_cache_file):