diff --git a/tests/tests.yml b/tests/tests.yml
index 5a1bf68..460b4a1 100644
--- a/tests/tests.yml
+++ b/tests/tests.yml
@@ -15,38 +15,39 @@
     repositories:
     - repo: "https://src.fedoraproject.org/tests/python.git"
       dest: "python"
+    pybasever: "3.10"
     tests:
     - rpm_qa:
         run: rpm -qa
     - smoke:
         dir: python/smoke
-        run: VERSION=3.10 ./venv.sh
+        run: "VERSION={{ pybasever }} ./venv.sh"
     - smoke_virtualenv:
         dir: python/smoke
-        run: VERSION=3.10 METHOD=virtualenv ./venv.sh
+        run: "VERSION={{ pybasever }} METHOD=virtualenv ./venv.sh"
     - debugsmoke:
         dir: python/smoke
-        run: PYTHON=python3.10d TOX=false VERSION=3.10 ./venv.sh
+        run: "PYTHON=python{{ pybasever }}d TOX=false VERSION={{ pybasever }} ./venv.sh"
     - selftest:
         dir: python/selftest
-        run: VERSION=3.10 X="" ./parallel.sh
+        run: "VERSION={{ pybasever }} X='' ./parallel.sh"
     - debugtest:
         dir: python/selftest
-        run: VERSION=3.10 PYTHON=python3.10d X="" ./parallel.sh
+        run: "VERSION={{ pybasever }} PYTHON=python{{ pybasever }}d X='' ./parallel.sh"
     - debugflags:
         dir: python/flags
-        run: python3.10d ./assertflags.py -O0
+        run: "python{{ pybasever }}d ./assertflags.py -O0"
     - marshalparser:
         dir: python/marshalparser
-        run: VERSION=3.10 SAMPLE=10 test_marshalparser_compatibility.sh
+        run: "VERSION={{ pybasever }} SAMPLE=10 test_marshalparser_compatibility.sh"
     required_packages:
     - gcc  # for extension building in venv and selftest
     - gdb  # for test_gdb
-    - python3.10  # the test subject
-    - python3.10-debug  # for leak testing
-    - python3.10-devel  # for extension building in venv and selftest
-    - python3.10-tkinter  # for selftest
-    - python3.10-test  # for selftest
+    - "python{{ pybasever }}"  # the test subject
+    - "python{{ pybasever }}-debug"  # for leak testing
+    - "python{{ pybasever }}-devel"  # for extension building in venv and selftest
+    - "python{{ pybasever }}-tkinter"  # for selftest
+    - "python{{ pybasever }}-test"  # for selftest
     - tox  # for venv tests
     - virtualenv  # for virtualenv tests
     - glibc-all-langpacks # for locale tests