diff --git a/ci/run.sh b/ci/run.sh
index 77c32ce00..3ed194759 100755
--- a/ci/run.sh
+++ b/ci/run.sh
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ function gg_run_open_llama_7b_v2 {
     (time cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ${CMAKE_EXTRA} .. ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-cmake.log
     (time make -j$(nproc)                                    ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-make.log
 
-    python3 ../examples/convert_legacy_llama.py ${path_models} --outfile ${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf
+    python ../examples/convert_legacy_llama.py ${path_models} --outfile ${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf
 
     model_f16="${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf"
     model_q8_0="${path_models}/ggml-model-q8_0.gguf"
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ function gg_run_pythia_1_4b {
     (time cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ${CMAKE_EXTRA} .. ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-cmake.log
     (time make -j$(nproc)                                    ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-make.log
 
-    python3 ../convert_hf_to_gguf.py ${path_models} --outfile ${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf
+    python ../convert_hf_to_gguf.py ${path_models} --outfile ${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf
 
     model_f16="${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf"
     model_q8_0="${path_models}/ggml-model-q8_0.gguf"
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ function gg_run_pythia_2_8b {
     (time cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ${CMAKE_EXTRA} .. ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-cmake.log
     (time make -j$(nproc)                                    ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-make.log
 
-    python3 ../convert_hf_to_gguf.py ${path_models} --outfile ${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf
+    python ../convert_hf_to_gguf.py ${path_models} --outfile ${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf
 
     model_f16="${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf"
     model_q8_0="${path_models}/ggml-model-q8_0.gguf"
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ function gg_run_embd_bge_small {
     (time cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ${CMAKE_EXTRA} .. ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-cmake.log
     (time make -j$(nproc)                                    ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-make.log
 
-    python3 ../convert_hf_to_gguf.py ${path_models} --outfile ${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf
+    python ../convert_hf_to_gguf.py ${path_models} --outfile ${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf
 
     model_f16="${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf"
     model_q8_0="${path_models}/ggml-model-q8_0.gguf"
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ function gg_run_rerank_tiny {
     (time cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ${CMAKE_EXTRA} .. ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-cmake.log
     (time make -j$(nproc)                                    ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-make.log
 
-    python3 ../convert_hf_to_gguf.py ${path_models} --outfile ${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf
+    python ../convert_hf_to_gguf.py ${path_models} --outfile ${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf
 
     model_f16="${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf"
 
@@ -814,8 +814,8 @@ if [ -z ${GG_BUILD_LOW_PERF} ]; then
     mkdir -p ${mnt_models}
     ln -sfn ${mnt_models} ${SRC}/models-mnt
 
-    # Create a fresh python3 venv and enter it
-    if ! python3 -m venv "$MNT/venv"; then
+    # Create a fresh python venv and enter it
+    if ! python -m venv "$MNT/venv"; then
         echo "Error: Failed to create Python virtual environment at $MNT/venv."
         exit 1
     fi