diff --git a/playbooks/roles/pmem/molecule/default/prepare.yml b/playbooks/roles/pmem/molecule/default/prepare.yml
index 479d5dd0..bd7e1178 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/pmem/molecule/default/prepare.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/pmem/molecule/default/prepare.yml
@@ -15,13 +15,16 @@
     - name: Install python3 packages
       become: true
       ansible.builtin.package:
-        name: python3
+        name: "{{ item }}"
         state: present
-      when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
+      loop:
+        - python3
+        - python3-pip
     - name: Enforce python3 for ansible
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
         ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3
     - name: Remove the PyYAML package
+      become: true
       ansible.builtin.package:
         name: python3-yaml
         state: absent