diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9e13111..aced2fe 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ build:
     - tar -zcf static.tar.gz static
     # Clean up the directory outside of the gitlab-runner filesystem.
     - rm -rf /opt/make_post_sell/env
+    # Ensure bin/python symlink exists (Python 3.12 venv may only create python3).
+    - test -f env/bin/python || ln -sf python3 env/bin/python
     # Clone the virtualenv with virtualenv-clone into the desired location.
     - virtualenv-clone -vvv $PWD/env /opt/make_post_sell/env
     # Create a tarball of the virtualenv.