diff --git a/metricbeat/Jenkinsfile.yml b/metricbeat/Jenkinsfile.yml
index 63bd5f51aef..a6e2f04c8e7 100644
--- a/metricbeat/Jenkinsfile.yml
+++ b/metricbeat/Jenkinsfile.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ when:
 platform: "immutable && ubuntu-22" ## default label for all the stages
 stages:
     unitTest:
-        mage: "PYTHON_ENV=./venv-clean MAGEFILE_VERBOSE=1 mage build PythonVirtualEnv unitTest"
+        mage: "pip3 install pytest==7.3.2 && mage build unitTest"
         stage: mandatory
     goIntegTest:
         installK8s: true