diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b0773e17..a1a868ce 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ env_run_base = {commands = [
 ], deps = [
     "cookiecutter",
     "pytest",
+    "pytest-venv",
 ], description = "Test package creation", skip_install = true}
 gh.python = {"3.11" = [
     "py311",
diff --git a/tests/test_package_generation.py b/tests/test_package_generation.py
index ec386096..376f09db 100644
--- a/tests/test_package_generation.py
+++ b/tests/test_package_generation.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import typing
 
 import pytest
+import pytest_venv  # type: ignore[import-not-found]
 
 
 def get_all_files_folders(root_path: pathlib.Path) -> set[pathlib.Path]:
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ def test_package_generation(
 
 def test_pip_installable(
     tmp_path: pathlib.Path,
+    venv: pytest_venv.VirtualEnvironment,
     generate_package: typing.Callable,
 ) -> None:
     """Test generated package is pip installable."""
@@ -103,12 +105,11 @@ def test_pip_installable(
         "project_name": "Cookiecutter Test",
     }
     generate_package(config=test_config, path=tmp_path)
-
-    # Check project directory exists
     test_project_dir = tmp_path / "cookiecutter-test"
+    # Try to install package in virtual environment with pip
     pipinstall = subprocess.run(  # noqa: S603
-        [  # noqa: S607
-            "python",
+        [
+            venv.python,
             "-m",
             "pip",
             "install",