diff --git a/playbooks/xstatic/check-version.yaml b/playbooks/xstatic/check-version.yaml
index e6f46f9d..6003655b 100644
--- a/playbooks/xstatic/check-version.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/xstatic/check-version.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     - name: Check version match
       args:
         chdir: "{{ zuul.project.src_dir }}"
-      command: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/.venv/bin/python xstatic_check_version.py"
+      command: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/.venv/bin/python {{ ansible_user_dir }}/xstatic_check_version.py"
 
     - name: Clean up after ourselves
       file: