diff --git a/debian/tests/control b/debian/tests/control
index 94eb9b9ed897..a3cbca260d87 100644
--- a/debian/tests/control
+++ b/debian/tests/control
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ Depends: @builddeps@, fakeroot
 Restrictions: allow-stderr, skippable
 
 Tests: ubuntu-regression-suite
-Depends: build-essential, gcc-multilib [amd64 armhf i386], gdb, git, python2 | python, bzr
+Depends: build-essential, gcc-multilib [amd64 armhf i386], gdb, git, python3
 Restrictions: allow-stderr, isolation-machine, breaks-testbed, skippable
diff --git a/debian/tests/ubuntu-regression-suite b/debian/tests/ubuntu-regression-suite
index 7a69cfe3688b..ef73cf5f7c1d 100755
--- a/debian/tests/ubuntu-regression-suite
+++ b/debian/tests/ubuntu-regression-suite
@@ -41,5 +41,6 @@ if [ "$sver" != "$rver" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-git clone --depth=1 git://git.launchpad.net/~canonical-kernel-team/+git/kernel-testing
+git clone --depth=1 -b autotest3 git://git.launchpad.net/~canonical-kernel-team/+git/kernel-testing
+git -C kernel-testing/ show HEAD -q
 kernel-testing/run-dep8-tests