diff --git a/minimal-environment.yml b/minimal-environment.yml
index ec39450..9dcd9a7 100644
--- a/minimal-environment.yml
+++ b/minimal-environment.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ additional_build_files:
       dest: configs
 additional_build_steps:
   prepend_base: 
+   - RUN dnf install python3 -y
    - RUN /usr/bin/python3 -m ensurepip
    - RUN /usr/bin/python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
   # prepend_galaxy: |