diff --git a/scripts/make-python-testenv.sh b/scripts/make-python-testenv.sh
index 64f959a68..ce3d0b71e 100755
--- a/scripts/make-python-testenv.sh
+++ b/scripts/make-python-testenv.sh
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ export DCC_RS_DEV="$PWD"
 cargo build -p deltachat_ffi --features jsonrpc
 
 tox -c python -e py --devenv venv
-env/bin/pip install --upgrade pip
+venv/bin/pip install --upgrade pip