diff --git a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-awsbatch/test/controls/awsbatch_virtualenv_spec.rb b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-awsbatch/test/controls/awsbatch_virtualenv_spec.rb
index f9d3c33f2e..7b877b10f5 100644
--- a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-awsbatch/test/controls/awsbatch_virtualenv_spec.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-awsbatch/test/controls/awsbatch_virtualenv_spec.rb
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 # This file is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 
-python_version = '3.12.8'
 base_dir = "/opt/parallelcluster"
 pyenv_dir = "#{base_dir}/pyenv"
 
 control 'tag:install_awsbatch_virtualenv_created' do
+  python_version = os_properties.alinux2? ? '3.9.20' : '3.12.8'
   title "awsbatch virtualenv should be created on #{python_version}"
   only_if { !os_properties.redhat? }
 
diff --git a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/test/controls/cfn_bootstrap_spec.rb b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/test/controls/cfn_bootstrap_spec.rb
index db924c8807..132c3a94ed 100644
--- a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/test/controls/cfn_bootstrap_spec.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/test/controls/cfn_bootstrap_spec.rb
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 # This file is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 
-cfn_python_version = '3.12.8'
 base_dir = "/opt/parallelcluster"
 pyenv_dir = "#{base_dir}/pyenv"
 
 control 'tag:install_cfnbootstrap_virtualenv_created' do
+  cfn_python_version = os_properties.alinux2? ? '3.9.20' : '3.12.8'
   title "cfnbootstrap virtualenv should be created on #{cfn_python_version}"
   only_if { !os_properties.redhat_on_docker? }