diff --git a/tests/client/test_stdio.py b/tests/client/test_stdio.py
index ce6c85962..ba58da732 100644
--- a/tests/client/test_stdio.py
+++ b/tests/client/test_stdio.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ async def test_stdio_client():
 @pytest.mark.anyio
 async def test_stdio_client_bad_path():
     """Check that the connection doesn't hang if process errors."""
-    server_params = StdioServerParameters(command="python", args=["-c", "non-existent-file.py"])
+    server_params = StdioServerParameters(command=sys.executable, args=["-c", "non-existent-file.py"])
     async with stdio_client(server_params) as (read_stream, write_stream):
         async with ClientSession(read_stream, write_stream) as session:
             # The session should raise an error when the connection closes