diff --git a/meta-oniro-core/conf/distro/oniro-linux.conf b/meta-oniro-core/conf/distro/oniro-linux.conf
index 326adf5e612fdab9e3d7d872735ce7733077b5a1..aac51d3de753c4e1f3054bb52878d1e8818b6e20 100644
--- a/meta-oniro-core/conf/distro/oniro-linux.conf
+++ b/meta-oniro-core/conf/distro/oniro-linux.conf
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel_qemu-generic-arm64 = "linux-oniro"
 # qemu-generic-arm64 specific requirements
 PREFERRED_VERSION_optee-os_qemu-generic-arm64 = "3.14.0"
 
+PREFERRED_VERSION_python = "3.8.12"
+
 # Default to enabling serial debug console on RaspberryPi
 ENABLE_UART ?= "1"