diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 4dbdc8b57..093811555 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Upload to coveralls
           command: |
-            pip install coveralls
+            pythn3 -m pip install coveralls
             coveralls
 
       # upload test coverage to codacy