diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fbd1f5d..e9d8d79 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ gemnasium-python-dependency_scanning:
   image:
     name: "$DS_ANALYZER_IMAGE"
   variables:
+    DS_PYTHON_VERSION: "3.6"
     # DS_ANALYZER_IMAGE is an undocumented variable used internally to allow QA to
     # override the analyzer image with a custom value. This may be subject to change or
     # breakage across GitLab releases.