diff --git a/Lib/test/test_launcher.py b/Lib/test/test_launcher.py
index 8d9de688f0a531b406aa5bd73f682dd0e3a10d77..e9f6fcb7d7f245b233265f64d205d0a658d9579b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_launcher.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_launcher.py
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ def test_virtualenv_in_list(self):
     def test_virtualenv_with_env(self):
         with self.fake_venv() as (venv_exe, env):
             data1 = self.run_py([], env={**env, "PY_PYTHON": "PythonTestSuite/3"})
-            data2 = self.run_py(["-3"], env={**env, "PY_PYTHON": "PythonTestSuite/3"})
+            data2 = self.run_py(["-V:PythonTestSuite/3"], env={**env, "PY_PYTHON": "PythonTestSuite/3"})
         # Compare stdout, because stderr goes via ascii
         self.assertEqual(data1["stdout"].strip(), str(venv_exe))
         self.assertEqual(data1["SearchInfo.lowPriorityTag"], "True")